Bug 32830
| Summary: | Parser problem with functions | ||
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| Product: | [Retired] Red Hat Linux | Reporter: | Marco Colombo <marco> |
| Component: | bash | Assignee: | Bernhard Rosenkraenzer <bero> |
| Status: | CLOSED NOTABUG | QA Contact: | David Lawrence <dkl> |
| Severity: | low | Docs Contact: | |
| Priority: | medium | ||
| Version: | 7.0 | ||
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| Hardware: | i386 | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
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| Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | Bug Fix | |
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| Last Closed: | 2001-03-23 16:42:07 UTC | Type: | --- |
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bash 2.x is correct - POSIX mandates this behavior. |
From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/4.76 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.17-14 i686) bash-2.04$ bash -c "hwhois() { fwhois $1.net }" bash: -c: line 2: syntax error: unexpected end of file it works with bash v1.14.7(1); bash 2 wants: bash-2.04$ bash -c "hwhois() { fwhois $1.net; }" (note the semi-colon) If you split the function definition on more lines (with the closing bracket on its own) it works as expected (no extra semicolon required). This breaks some scripts here. I can't tell which one is correct, but I believe compatibility is a issue (more than parser strict adherence to formal grammar). Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: (see above)