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Re: Why are curly braces different than parens for cmd grouping?
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Chet Ramey |
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Re: Why are curly braces different than parens for cmd grouping? |
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Fri, 24 Jul 2009 23:06:13 -0400 |
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Linda Walsh wrote:
> A previous note had me wondering why the syntax for using
> curly braces to group expressions wasn't able to be the same as
> using 'paren's.
Braces are reserved words. Parentheses are operators. Blame
Steve Bourne.
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