Re: nullglob is documented incorrectly

[Chet Ramey]

On 11/6/23 9:22 AM, Andreas Schwab wrote:
> On Nov 06 2023, Chet Ramey wrote:
>
> > If nullglob is set, the non-matching pattern expands to the null string,
> > which is removed by word splitting.
>
> Since filename expansion happens after word splitting, this cannot be
> true.

Then maybe a better way to put it is "removed, as with word splitting,"
since the word splitting section in the man page describes what happens
to arguments that are unquoted null strings.

The other problem is that POSIX uses null string and empty string as
synonyms, so text that inherits what POSIX says inherits that meaning.

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