Re: "$(echo "x'" '{1, 2}')" performs brace expansion, even though it should not

[Chet Ramey]

On 1/14/13 11:00 AM, Dan Douglas wrote:
> On Monday, January 14, 2013 01:57:14 PM Marco Elver wrote:
>> echo "$(echo "x'" '{1,2}')"
> 
> This was fixed in git a while back, but not backported to 4.2. I believe this:
> 
>                                  8/21
>                                  ----
> command.h
>       - W_NOBRACE: new word flag that means to inhibit brace expansion
> 
> subst.c
>       - brace_expand_word_list: suppress brace expansion for words with
>         W_NOBRACE flag

No, this:

                                    4/2
                                    ---
braces.c
        - brace_gobbler: fix to understand double-quoted command substitution,
          since the shell understands unquoted comsubs.  Fixes bug reported
          by Michael Whitten <mfwitten@gmail.com>

Chet

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