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From: trost@reed.bitnet (Bill Trost)
Newsgroups: gnu.bash.bug
Subject: for without in
Message-ID: <13739@reed.UUCP>
Date: 14 Dec 89 05:10:31 GMT
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I've noticed that something like 

	spam() { for i; do echo $i; done }

expands into

	spam () { for i in $*
	do
	echo $i
	done }

(direct shell output).  Personally, I would expect "$@" instead of $*
in the for statement.  What is the "official statement" on this?