Re: declare -f does not output esac pattern correctly

[Chet Ramey]

On 2/27/24 6:23 AM, Emanuele Torre wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 27, 2024 at 04:10:06PM +0700, Robert Elz wrote:
> >      Date:        Tue, 27 Feb 2024 00:50:46 +0100
> >      From:        Emanuele Torre <torreemanuele6@gmail.com>
> >      Message-ID:  <Zd0j1s452p-Vod6H@t420>
> >
> >    | To use esac as a pattern you need to use the (esac) syntax,
> >
> > Or quote it
> >
> >         'esac')
> >
> > (or similar).
> >
> > kre
>
> No, then the pattern is  'esac'  not  esac.

Which is not a problem; the case command performs quote removal on each
pattern in the pattern list, while ensuring that the quoted characters are
quoted appropriately for the pattern matcher.

https://www.austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=985

talks about quote removal in the pattern list, but that got removed in
the updated resolution. The group tried to incorporate all of this mess
into

https://www.austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=1234

in the context of backslashes.

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