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| ID | Project | Category | View Status | Date Submitted | Last Update |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0000642 | 2008-TC1 | Shell and Utilities | public | 2013-01-16 03:46 | 2013-04-16 13:12 |
| Reporter | rhansen | Assigned To | ajosey | ||
| Priority | normal | Severity | Objection | Type | Error |
| Status | Closed | Resolution | Rejected | ||
| Product Version | Draft 5 | ||||
| Name | Richard Hansen | ||||
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| User Reference | |||||
| Section | 2.2.3 | ||||
| Page Number | 2320 | ||||
| Line Number | 73618 | ||||
| Interp Status | --- | ||||
| Final Accepted Text | |||||
| Summary | 0000642: "unescaped" quotes in ${...} should be "unquoted"? | ||||
| Description | The term "unescaped" in the following sentence is not defined: Within the string of characters from an enclosed "${" to the matching '}', an even number of unescaped double-quotes or single-quotes, if any, shall occur. If "unescaped" means "not quoted by a <backslash> character", then the following is presumably allowed: "${PWD+\'}" "${PWD+\"}" but not the following: "${PWD+"'"}" "${PWD+'"'}" because there is an odd number of unescaped single/double quotes between the "${" and "}". I believe this interpretation of "unescaped" would result in an unintended restriction; that the intention of the standard is for: printf %s\\n "${PWD+"'"}" printf %s\\n "${PWD+'"'}" to be legal and output: ' " | ||||
| Desired Action | Replace "unescaped" with "unquoted". | ||||
| Tags | No tags attached. | ||||
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The restriction is intended and reflects the fact that there is differing behaviour between existing implementations when an odd number of unescaped double-quotes or single-quotes is used. With /usr/xpg4/bin/sh on Solaris 10: $ printf %s\\n "${PWD+"'"}" > x' "" x $ printf %s\\n "${PWD+'"'}" > x' '" x |
| Date Modified | Username | Field | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-01-16 03:46 | rhansen | New Issue | |
| 2013-01-16 03:46 | rhansen | Status | New => Under Review |
| 2013-01-16 03:46 | rhansen | Assigned To | => ajosey |
| 2013-01-16 03:46 | rhansen | Name | => Richard Hansen |
| 2013-01-16 03:46 | rhansen | Section | => 2.2.3 |
| 2013-01-16 03:46 | rhansen | Page Number | => 2320 |
| 2013-01-16 03:46 | rhansen | Line Number | => 73618 |
| 2013-01-16 09:52 | geoffclare | Note Added: 0001444 | |
| 2013-01-17 16:47 | msbrown | Interp Status | => --- |
| 2013-01-17 16:47 | msbrown | Status | Under Review => Resolved |
| 2013-01-17 16:47 | msbrown | Resolution | Open => Rejected |
| 2013-04-16 13:12 | ajosey | Status | Resolved => Closed |
