On Thu, 7 Aug 2008, Mike Cardwell wrote:
>
> # exim -be '${if match{1}{(1)}
> {${extract {$1}{} {true} }}
> {false} }'
> true
> # exim -be '${if match{1}{(2)}
> {${extract {$1}{} {true} }}
> {false} }'
> Failed: first argument of "extract" must not be empty
> #
>
> Why does it fail the second time? Surely it should have just printed out
> the word "false" ? The match doesn't succeed so surely the second time
> the ${extract} shouldn't even be attempted?
I think this is a bug in the way Exim handles ${extract in the untaken
branch of a conditional.
Tony.
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