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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: Visuwesh <visuweshm@gmail.com>
Cc: 55764@debbugs.gnu.org, Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Subject: bug#55764: 29.0.50; sh-mode: Support mksh's alternate case brace syntax
Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2022 15:40:08 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87o7zbw5dz.fsf@gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87o7zbp4uc.fsf@gmail.com> (Visuwesh's message of "Thu, 02 Jun 2022 19:03:47 +0530")

Visuwesh <visuweshm@gmail.com> writes:

> mksh and OpenBSD's ksh support an alternative case syntax for historical
> reasons [1],
>
>     case $i {
>     *pattern) do ;;
>     *pattern2) do2 ;;
>     }
>
> Currently, sh-mode cannot handle this and the easy way out of writing a
> semicolon after $i is out since,
>
>    % case "foo"; { *o) echo 1;; }
>    /bin/mksh: syntax error: unexpected ';'
>
> I came with the attached patch after a bit of trial and error but I'm
> not sure if it is the right way to do it.

I think that might make sense, but perhaps Stefan has some comments here
(added to the CCs).

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
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  reply	other threads:[~2022-06-02 13:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-06-02 13:33 bug#55764: 29.0.50; sh-mode: Support mksh's alternate case brace syntax Visuwesh
2022-06-02 13:40 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen [this message]
2022-06-02 14:01   ` Visuwesh
2023-10-01  2:30     ` Stefan Kangas
2023-10-01  3:37     ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2024-01-10 22:24       ` Stefan Kangas
2024-01-12  3:13         ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors

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