Author: Stan Eisenstat
Subject: Re: [Cs323] local by itself
Date: Monday, 28 Sep 2020, 08:34:12

    > Message Posted By: Unknown
    >
    > Why isn't the command 'a=b' valid? ...

Because a=b is a TEXT token of the form NAME=VALUE and
thus is treated as a [local], and as a result there are
no arguments, which parsley flags as an error (unlike
bash).
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    >                                ... Why doesn't this statement from the
    > spec: "To resolve the ambiguity we will assume that a TEXT token of the
    > form NAME=VALUE is always treated as a [local] if it can be." mean that
    > the local should be treated as TEXT?

A [local] is a TEXT token, but one of a special form.

--Stan-