Re: ksh and brace expansion

[adr <adr%SDF.ORG@localhost>]

>  | I didn't expect brace expansion disable by default.
>
> It isn't.    You must have POSIXLY_CORRECT set if it was.   And in
> that case, if you're asking for a POSIX environment, it is reasonable,
> I believe, that that is what you're given.   Since brace expansion is
> incompatible (currently) with POSIX requirements, it cannot be on by
> default in POSIX mode.
>
> If you don't care about being strictly POSIX compatible, don't define
> POSIXLY_CORRECT.
>
>  | Reading again the man page (just 2886 lines...), it is clear
>  | that posix can be on by default,
>
> It can (or so I believe, building ksh isn't one of my fetishes) but
> no-one (and certainly not here) builds it that way.

Now I'm really confused, because that was precisely the reason of my mail.
This is a little sureal.

src/bin/ksh/config.h
[...]
/* Strict POSIX behaviour? */
#define POSIXLY_CORRECT 1
[...]