> Similarly, the definition of $? merely refers to "the most recent pipeline".
> "echo $?" is definitely a pipeline, and its expansion is guaranteed to occur
> before the expansion of the last $?.

How is that guarantee worded?
what would you expect from:
	echo `echo a; exit 3` >`echo /dev/tty; exit 2` $?

	David

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