Re: Assignment-like word shouldn't be subjected to tilde expansion in POSIX mode

From	"M. Nejat AYDIN" <mnaydin@yahoo.com>
Newsgroups	gnu.bash.bug
Subject	Re: Assignment-like word shouldn't be subjected to tilde expansion in POSIX mode
Date	2020-07-21 16:00 +0300
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On 7/21/20 3:30 PM, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> I have no objection to bash's decision here.  I actually find it less
> surprising than dash's decision, although both are rational ones.

I think dash is complying with POSIX here. If the behaviour of bash is
to be preserved then the documentation should be updated, in my opinion.
The current wording in
www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/Tilde-Expansion.html
isn't coherent with the current behaviour, for this corner case.

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Re: Assignment-like word shouldn't be subjected to tilde expansion in POSIX mode "M. Nejat AYDIN" <mnaydin@yahoo.com> - 2020-07-21 16:00 +0300

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