Path: csiph.com!xmission!news.snarked.org!news.linkpendium.com!news.linkpendium.com!panix!usenet.stanford.edu!not-for-mail From: Isaac Marcos Newsgroups: gnu.bash.bug Subject: Re: Number with sign is read as octal despite a leading 10# Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2018 20:44:50 -0400 Lines: 29 Approved: bug-bash@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <71850c03-54d3-6a7e-1d29-136950d9e139@iki.fi> <471822f3-4484-59b5-0433-fc394dc9b34a@case.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: lists.gnu.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Trace: usenet.stanford.edu 1531269897 19355 208.118.235.17 (11 Jul 2018 00:44:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: action@cs.stanford.edu Cc: Eduardo Bustamante , Chet Ramey To: bug-bash , bash@packages.debian.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:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=+RPoE0f3fxf/Rwz4O/YtVW+roi/HqhaBXKWjNm2PdsA=; b=Q7YZR0iTgq9ubF826of6ND2kNSuEf8D3VZsH1Tt+rB9N0wF6t/wC1nMTcCR5qlFJnu cIFboDWp1rFvhg7ei+jQXh5WgFBq0lpp0IAzrPLAV8YtUkrMpV/vyrnI0jiFW+yRrSzc XOoO1o3etR1msQoI9Ao5aV5hbb1gK3gkvhYg3d5HGQHjcGZeLnkiPgwfad1Wf2PEYeoq s4W10vOvtDdxTOXY1+NXERiWdnr6R5BAshevPrzWPnvi/M5wi5f1Txol85S8zmdM5hGL VQZI9l4aaAhI/FNTsL2b869/1JBIB0jfKB1Sv8duoItIjIWekz1bsAZDp7WVGJlHTUo0 +30Q== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=+RPoE0f3fxf/Rwz4O/YtVW+roi/HqhaBXKWjNm2PdsA=; b=A7KjAFrmds/SvYc0jIFVNuZuf9vK/AbNk9jsR5iR34zH7EgcH93v6KzqGcSqkP24iF ZmsFPS7KwgvsK3Cr/Nh5pMt2tWKkrgdPAkv79AxajMaPG30+mPlvT3tygK2dF0wRi2Dz 7gXH9I0wSb2YKQhyoGGKq18U2GNIYEJ8aigRzzxHxm2KRjyL4gphu3nFmJmsg42G8viq 16PSwJR6YELzoT+tZupiInF7uYmlATT49lWTO150j9fmXi7+vZyAKRBd+8POfDs36rTG 0YpJDkow+exebIK6DgEMD/u74NdFX8dTNLU8xZeu/JocZS++8zhQxC4c2Iyigx92NSAb M30A== X-Gm-Message-State: APt69E2+hh8IXwH66Ofx3JNEi29hItZTcUMjs8Ln+8mnFNceK2Nfdbb2 7Bqme/d5YzfO8kq4p/ct5Wp/wRRv/3nDp0JZx7WTUCZ1 X-Google-Smtp-Source: AAOMgpcIZeUAaic991hzyKriM0MkN9cx8zlPV8kZTKu0BqcypYg2fD2BmBdIJPnNC7ZZug6R+W2ildbozbNn2gACD84= X-Received: by 2002:ac8:1738:: with SMTP id w53-v6mr25913177qtj.421.1531269891509; Tue, 10 Jul 2018 17:44:51 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:400d:c0d::22d X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.21 X-BeenThere: bug-bash@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports for the GNU Bourne Again SHell List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Xref: csiph.com gnu.bash.bug:14325 According to Chet, the definition > is the same as the ISO C standard. I'm not sure if there's a public > version of the ISO C standard document, but > http://c0x.coding-guidelines.com/6.4.4.1.html seems to be good enough. > The definition of an "integer constant" in that document does not > include a sign. > > That is a description of the inability (or unwillingness) to raise above c limitations. Let me state that even better. That's like saying that because the only tool known is a hammer, then, using an screw is not possible with a hammer and therefore it is a bad idea to invent one. Just silly. > I'll just use some other shell. > > -- Cases are always threesome: Best case, Worst case, and Just in case