Re: case $var in $list) issue

[#!microsuxx]

m='@(a|b)' m2=c$m ; case ca in c$m) echo ye ; esac
ye

also worked

On Fri, Nov 1, 2024, 12:21 #!microsuxx <fxmbsw7@gmail.com> wrote:

> id say its a must functionality
>
> i imagine case without such .. u couldnt programmaticly use it at all
>
> m='@(a|b)' m2=c$m ; case ca in $m2) echo ye ; esac
> ye
>
> On Fri, Nov 1, 2024, 12:17 #!microsuxx <fxmbsw7@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 1, 2024, 12:16 Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, Nov 01, 2024 at 06:00:49 +0100, #!microsuxx wrote:
>>> > shopt -s extglob
>>> > m='@(a|b)' ; case b in $m) echo ye ; esac
>>> > ye
>>>
>>> Huh, interesting indeed.
>>>
>>> hobbit:~$ shopt -s extglob
>>> hobbit:~$ m='a|b'
>>> hobbit:~$ case b in $m) echo ye ; esac
>>> hobbit:~$ m='@(a|b)'
>>> hobbit:~$ case b in $m) echo ye ; esac
>>> ye
>>>
>>> I can only speculate that it sometimes re-parses the contents of $m
>>> based on the first character.
>>>
>>
>> ?
>>
>>>