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Re: error message for missing fi is not helpful

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On 9/12/18 5:17 AM, Manuel Reiter wrote:

> Bash Version: 4.4
> Patch Level: 12
> Release Status: release
> 
> ++ Description:
> 
> When an if statement is not terminated by a fi, bash's error message is
> not helpful in locating the problem.

This is tough to do in a bison-generated parser. If someone would like to
build the structures required to keep track of which conditional command
the shell is currently parsing, and incorporate that into an error
message, I'd be happy to look at it.

Chet

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Re: error message for missing fi is not helpful Chet Ramey <chet.ramey@case.edu> - 2018-09-12 09:35 -0400

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