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Re: error message for missing fi is not helpful

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On 9/13/2018 1:21 PM, Chet Ramey wrote:
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> 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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