Andrew Cagney wrote:
> This is one for the POSIX police.  Is:
> 
> 	$ expr "foo" : '/'
> 	expr: syntax error
>
> correct?  The java scripts contains the equivalent to the above.  What 
> makes it interesting is:

FWIW, this is no longer problem with -current expr(1), after it
has been reimplemented.

Another way to work around the precedence issue in 1.5 expr
is to use
	expr "/$VAR" : '//'

which should DTRT and still be readable.

Jaromir
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