Re: [BUG] dash doesn't report syntax error when it should on stray "fi"

[Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@xxxxxxxxx>]

Chet Ramey wrote:

> The way I read 2.10.2, Posix requires that the "fi" resolve to the
> reserved word `fi' in this case, since it's in a position where a
> command name is expected (Rule 1, [Command Name]).  I would think that
> would make it a syntax error in any application, conforming or not.

Yes, I think you're right.

For some reason I thought that using reserved words in ways not
permitted by the grammar produced undefined behavior, to support
shells with extensions like the arithmetic "for".  But now that I read
more closely, it looks like "function", "[[", "]]", and "select"
produce unspecified behavior but everything else is pretty well
specified.  Thanks for clarifying.
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