On Nov 29, 8:47pm, Ray Andrews wrote:
}
} $(( ##\e )) is 27,
} (( #VAR ))
} $(( #var ))
}
} ... but, given that there is preceding whitespace, would these three not
} break Bart's rule? Perhaps the whitespace here is does not qualify as
} 'word separating'? Or is the " $(()) " construct an exception?
The whitespace is not "word separating" because (( stuff )) is shorthand
for
let "stuff"
so the spaces are quoted, at the level at which comments apply. $(( ))
is just a way to substitute inline the "let".