shell function redirections in "type" output

[Paul Jarc]

Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]:
Machine: i686
OS: linux-gnu
Compiler: gcc
Compilation CFLAGS:  -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='i686' 
-DCONF_OSTYPE='linux-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='i686-pc-linux-gnu' 
-DCONF_VENDOR='pc' -DSHELL -DHAVE_CONFIG_H  -I. 
-I/package/misc/spf/bash-2.05b-4/spf/readline/include -I. -I./include -I./lib 
-I/nil -I/package/misc/spf/bash-2.05b-4/spf/readline/include 
-I/package/misc/spf/bash-2.05b-4/spf/ncurses/include -O2 -pipe
uname output: Linux multivac.cwru.edu 2.4.23 #1 SMP Mon Dec 1 17:11:18 EST 2003 
i686 unknown unknown GNU/Linux
Machine Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu

Bash Version: 2.05b
Patch Level: 0
Release Status: release

Not necessarily a bug... this is a little odd, but semantically
equivalent:
$ foo() { : &> /dev/null; }
$ type -a foo
foo is a function
foo () 
{ 
    : >&/dev/null
}

This is even odder, and, surprisingly, happens to also be semantically
equivalent, though I wonder whether it should be:
$ foo() { : >& /dev/null; }
$ type -a foo
foo is a function
foo () 
{ 
    : 1>&/dev/null
}


paul