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bug#55764: 29.0.50; sh-mode: Support mksh's alternate case brace syntax


From: Lars Ingebrigtsen
Subject: bug#55764: 29.0.50; sh-mode: Support mksh's alternate case brace syntax
Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2022 15:40:08 +0200
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux)

Visuwesh <visuweshm@gmail.com> writes:

> mksh and OpenBSD's ksh support an alternative case syntax for historical
> reasons [1],
>
>     case $i {
>     *pattern) do ;;
>     *pattern2) do2 ;;
>     }
>
> Currently, sh-mode cannot handle this and the easy way out of writing a
> semicolon after $i is out since,
>
>    % case "foo"; { *o) echo 1;; }
>    /bin/mksh: syntax error: unexpected ';'
>
> I came with the attached patch after a bit of trial and error but I'm
> not sure if it is the right way to do it.

I think that might make sense, but perhaps Stefan has some comments here
(added to the CCs).

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