GNU bug report logs - #2910
23.0.60; Shell-script coloring bug

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org>

Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2009 22:00:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: confirmed, patch

Merged with 21244, 26217, 30170, 46093, 48193

Found in versions 25.0.95, 25.2

Done: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 2910 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#2910: 23.0.60; Shell-script coloring bug
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2009 12:06:56 +0100 (BST)

On Thu, 9 Apr 2009, Glenn Morris wrote:

>
> The discussion at
>
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2009-04/msg00040.html
>
> would indicate this was just a "typo" in the online posix docs.
> Is any change in Emacs needed?

If you read the thread again, you'll see that there's no disagreement 
between me and the others over what the correct syntax is, just a 
disagreement over whether the POSIX document does in fact represent it. 
Emacs is definitely getting the coloring wrong.

As Eric Blake says:

Which means the POSIX-mandated syntax should really be represented as:

for name [in [word...] ;] do
  compound-list
done

which neatly demonstrates both the points I raised in my bug report.

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