Re: simple bug/compat question

[Linda Walsh]

> It's not a bug.
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        It's a feature... ;-)


>   test/[ uses -a and -o for `and' and `or'; the
> conditional command uses && and || for that purpose.  This is
> they way it's documented.
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Would it be inappropriate if "[[" were to treat "-a" && "-o" identically
to "&&" -a "||" so "[[" could be more of a drop-in replacement for "/bin/[" ?

I can understand /bin/test not parsing "&&" and "||" as they'd have to be
specially quoted anyway, but don't see any harm in the built-in "[["
being 'slightly' more compatible with it's non-builtin.