Re: Support ksh93 x=${<space>cmd;}

[Chet Ramey]

On 4/9/25 9:31 AM, Dan Shelton wrote:
> On Wed, 9 Apr 2025 at 15:16, Chet Ramey <chet.ramey@case.edu> wrote:
> > On 4/9/25 2:09 AM, Cedric Blancher wrote:
> > > Good morning!
> > >
> > > Could bash please support x=${<space>cmd;} alongside x=$(cmd)?
> >
> > I implemented it back in 2023 and it will be in bash-5.3.
> >
> > There was quite a long discussion about it:
> >
> > https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2023-05/msg00042.html
>
> I don't like the x=${| ,,,} form. HP/UX had a crazy /bin/sh extension
> for some time to read pipe input for the "..." cmd, but it was so
> buggy that it was infamous with support staff.
>
> Docs should clarify that this is NOT the HP/UX madness

Why not read the documentation describing it first?

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