Re: test incorrectly rejecting valid expression with confusing ! placement

[Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Harald van Dijk <harald@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Now that Herbert fixed the reported crash in test (in a far simpler
> manner than I had suggested, which I like), I did some more testing, and
> came across one case that does not currently work, and did not work in
> the past, but is perfectly valid:
> 
> $ src/dash -c 'test ! ! = !'
> src/dash: 1: test: =: unexpected operator

Agreed.
 
> $ src/dash -c 'test ! -o !'
> src/dash: 1: test: -o: unexpected operator

Nope, the rule is quite clear that it only applies to binary
primaries, not operators.  -o is an operator.

Cheers,
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