Re: 4.4 change in behavior from 4.3: how to catch unset when using ${#length}

[Chet Ramey]

On 10/28/16 3:43 PM, L. A. Walsh wrote:

> ----
>    Please, I'm not running in posix mode, so how would their rules
> apply?  

Because you're using `bash', not `walsh'?

Bash is a posix shell. Would the bash documentation convince you? You
could go read that instead.

> Just because posix defines something a certain way
> doesn't mean it should apply in a non-posix mode shell.

Come on, don't be willfully obtuse.  You know better than this.  Posix mode
doesn't mean "turning it off does everything the way Linda wants."

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