Path: csiph.com!goblin1!goblin.stu.neva.ru!usenet.stanford.edu!not-for-mail From: Vaidas BoQsc Newsgroups: gnu.bash.bug Subject: Are there any plans for more readable, modern syntaxes for If statements? Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2020 21:00:57 +0200 Lines: 5 Approved: bug-bash@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lists.gnu.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Trace: usenet.stanford.edu 1584043665 17900 209.51.188.17 (12 Mar 2020 20:07:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: action@cs.stanford.edu To: bug-bash@gnu.org Envelope-to: bug-bash@gnu.org DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=j/q9o0at8S04rwaRd4Ojg/oGYvhbjdZGbrZEmfPI9Eo=; b=tFxPE2+xSDlPIEx+XgDs0peaxGfZNQPQFZ6woNfrs5GoAC5kntNSTCMXLtXS/r0xSW 1bTFXrBxnE57sERJulUtBdoTtucMQPE5ih2C0DRpYPEcx4tvkbN3fowyNNVTKrw2/yNx rBQm/KcWZSQUViAfOPZuFHo6ZKxrs3Q6sYsy9creUQISHQZ/ZE4DnWNsi8ZrdmoXWgb+ O7AOUt7s9umavZbPfbUy/toNswKYlstrczAU/X/XdM2OznJVm8UYwALGvX0GXG4JFYlp dIgEJfJAUe9H67c8R30P7BPN1/2Yp+7DVHgM4Qk01TjfnT9Jz+YHV2SjPHXskb8pxe9f +RGA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=j/q9o0at8S04rwaRd4Ojg/oGYvhbjdZGbrZEmfPI9Eo=; b=skkwu60QontoTpEjE/9n9mNwlE+PI7QcN0bu+eVot4NqUJnnNj9LYuBQH57/UBAwzQ ONvrkGG2wDHbAbdAlK2u2Ra2Ie+imOMHJL6Vh4DwqbPIS8+L8bsZV0oP4vcljHLH462u LstSsFu9uasw6A7JxtbCCafHBfjMsLriKGWISImDesPg2vyOquI66fikFOoQlpZrJShX Y3yxZ5L/A9nnyqyxhu+R/3wrYEzgRL+v8sHqBvKPt8pI1ahxcEfwhKAKS7TTJeOrS1sZ kXTZFIbZKr+1NvHJmDOgHyCRAZAjdxslEDJ0x1HoI9/Gn2BEeqDtKeSZDMQbGdeJ5uKG QZ/w== X-Gm-Message-State: ANhLgQ2ALDr9NIVkuNqZkuXWbHzqdZ6PTrmhCQzyF/4QwnlkDKJO8M8W nRnu+PyPPaYJBkTW46cuaMrGl6X2wkd6lKHOXwFv52SUSTk= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ADFU+vtaZW98foYXlL9mhjS2roD345meRxgLaioIRbYMGTXYpxaQF+dQhAsIbQHm1d8P08Uh/X0lvZLEPfJfhA8G7vQ= X-Received: by 2002:a17:906:fad1:: with SMTP id lu17mr7934851ejb.71.1584039697581; Thu, 12 Mar 2020 12:01:37 -0700 (PDT) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 2a00:1450:4864:20::536 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Thu, 12 Mar 2020 16:07:43 -0400 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.23 X-BeenThere: bug-bash@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports for the GNU Bourne Again SHell List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-Mailman-Original-Message-ID: Xref: csiph.com gnu.bash.bug:16022 Are there any plans to have alternative, a more modern C or D like syntaxes for IF statements, While loop and the like in Bash? Would it be better to just make a new shell and command language similar to Bash instead of adding these alternatives?