From 8acbf31708779e7ad559775c9db4ebd7a962be33 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Denys Vlasenko Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2023 18:27:19 +0200 Subject: shell/math: document ternary ?: op's weirdness, add code comments Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko --- shell/ash_test/ash-arith/arith-precedence1.tests | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) (limited to 'shell/ash_test/ash-arith/arith-precedence1.tests') diff --git a/shell/ash_test/ash-arith/arith-precedence1.tests b/shell/ash_test/ash-arith/arith-precedence1.tests index 964ae4e..bfef052 100755 --- a/shell/ash_test/ash-arith/arith-precedence1.tests +++ b/shell/ash_test/ash-arith/arith-precedence1.tests @@ -1,2 +1,15 @@ exec 2>&1 +# bash documentation says that precedence order is: +# ... +# expr ? expr1 : expr2 +# = *= /= %= += -= <<= >>= &= ^= |= +# exprA , exprB +# but in practice, the rules for expr1 and expr2 are different: +# assignments and commas in expr1 have higher precedence than :?, +# but in expr2 they haven't: +# "v ? 1,2 : 3,4" is parsed as "(v ? (1,2) : 3),4" +# "v ? a=2 : b=4" is parsed as "(v ? (a=1) : b)=4" (thus, this is a syntax error) +echo 4:$((0 ? 1,2 : 3,4)) +echo 4:$((1 ? 1,2 : 3,4)) echo 4:"$((0 ? 1,2 : 3,4))" +echo 4:"$((1 ? 1,2 : 3,4))" -- cgit v1.1