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| From | L A Walsh <bash@tlinx.org> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | gnu.bash.bug |
| Subject | Re: error message for missing fi is not helpful |
| Date | 2018-09-14 13:30 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <mailman.798.1536957038.1284.bug-bash@gnu.org> (permalink) |
| References | <12006574-8df4-d613-0603-51b77b703a3d@dwd.de> <3461cc07-6477-234b-83ea-30a6bc0c8d8c@case.edu> <5B99CB6D.5060108@tlinx.org> <27d157b1-1650-3cad-3a3f-31f2ca47677d@case.edu> |
On 9/13/2018 1:21 PM, Chet Ramey wrote:
>
> I'm sure you noticed that word_lineno isn't set for every compound command
> and that it's limited.
>
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Actually I didn't notice. Under what circumstances is it not set?
What is it's purpose if it's not to keep track of a stack of nested
conditionals?
Could it store the line number of each or would that cause other
problems?
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Re: error message for missing fi is not helpful L A Walsh <bash@tlinx.org> - 2018-09-14 13:30 -0700
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