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Re: PATCH: get off my case
Fix the documentation.
pws
diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/grammar.yo b/Doc/Zsh/grammar.yo
index a3f4927..4476fc3 100644
--- a/Doc/Zsh/grammar.yo
+++ b/Doc/Zsh/grammar.yo
@@ -239,11 +239,17 @@ item(tt(case) var(word) tt(in) [ [tt(LPAR())] var(pattern) [ tt(|) var(pattern)
Execute the var(list) associated with the first var(pattern)
that matches var(word), if any. The form of the patterns
is the same as that used for filename generation. See
-noderef(Filename Generation). Note further that the whole
-pattern with alternatives is treated by the shell as equivalent
-to a group of patterns within parentheses, even though in
-the tt(case) syntax whitespace may appear about the parentheses and the
-vertical bar.
+noderef(Filename Generation).
+
+Note further that, unless the tt(SH_GLOB) option is set, the whole
+pattern with alternatives is treated by the shell as equivalent to a
+group of patterns within parentheses, although white space may appear
+about the parentheses and the vertical bar and will be stripped from the
+pattern at those points. White space may appear elsewhere in the
+pattern; this is not stripped. If the tt(SH_GLOB) option is set, so
+that an opening parenthesis can be unambiguously treated as part of the
+case syntax, the expression is parsed into separate words and these are
+treated as strict alternatives (as in other shells).
If the var(list) that is executed is terminated with tt(;&) rather than
tt(;;), the following list is also executed. The rule for
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