[Help-bash] subtle "break" strangeness

[Matej Kosik]

Hi,

I would like to ascertain that what I see is what is desired (or not).

When I try:

        for i in `seq 1 5`;do echo $i; test $i = 3 && break; done

I see:

        1
        2
        3

So far, so good.

However, when I try:

        for i in `seq 1 5`;do echo $i; test $i = 3 && (break); done

then I see:

        1
        2
        3
        4
        5

I guess that "break" need not to be supposed to work inside a subshell.

The strange thing is that no error message appears
(as opposed to a situation when "break" is used outside "for", "while", or 
"until" loops).

The "break" command simply behaves as no-op.

(In the morning, I was trying to figure out what is wrong with the script and 
such an error message would have been helpful).

What do you think?