Re: help for "(( ))" uses straight quotes

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On 9/15/19 4:07 PM, Roland Illig wrote:
> The help for "(( ))" says:
> 
>>     evaluation.  Equivalent to "let EXPRESSION".
> 
> All other help topics use `these' quotes.

Thanks, it should be let "EXPRESSION", with or without the `' quotes,
as it is in the man page.

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