Re: About `M-C-e` expand result `'` failed

[Zachary Santer]

On Tue, Jan 30, 2024 at 9:11 AM Zachary Santer <zsanter@gmail.com> wrote:

> $ var='foo'
> $ echo "$( echo '${var}' )" # enter
> ${var}
> $ echo "$( echo '${var}' )" # M-C-e
> $ echo ${var} # enter
> foo
> # Would've expected: echo "\${var}"
> $ echo $( echo '${var}' ) # enter
> ${var}
> $ echo $( echo '${var}' ) # M-C-e
> $ echo ${var} # enter
> foo
> # Would've expected: echo \${var}
> $ echo '${var}' # enter
> ${var}
> $ echo '${var}' # M-C-e
> $ echo ${var} # enter
> foo
> # Would've expected: echo '${var}'
> $ echo "${var}" # enter
> foo
> $ echo "${var}" # M-C-e
> $ echo foo
> foo
> # Would've expected: echo "foo"
>

For that matter:

$ echo \${var} # enter
${var}
$ echo \${var} # M-C-e
$ echo ${var} # enter
foo
# Would've expected: echo \${var}

There's no way this is the intended behavior, right?