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Re: Probs with nested braces in PROMPT

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From: Peter Stephenson <pws@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: Probs with nested braces in PROMPT
Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2000 12:09:57 +0100
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> Yes, of course. But why it did it only when parameter was undefined? I
> mean, parsing is done by lexer - and it has to find the closing brace in
> any case and lexer does not know (is it true?) about parameter values.
> 
> That is incosistent IMHO and smells more like a bug.

No, in that case it got the `%{...%' from inside the braces, then found the
(wrong) closing brace, then found the neglected `}' from the parameter
expansion, therefore getting the complete expression %{...%}.  In this case
it didn't matter which brace was which.

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Peter Stephenson <pws@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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References:
- RE: Probs with nested braces in PROMPT
  - From: Andrej Borsenkow

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