commit bash-20110513 snapshot

doc/bash.1

@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
 .\"	Case Western Reserve University
 .\"	chet@po.cwru.edu
 .\"
-.\"	Last Change: Mon Apr 11 16:56:54 EDT 2011
+.\"	Last Change: Mon May  9 12:23:35 EDT 2011
 .\"
 .\" bash_builtins, strip all but Built-Ins section
 .if \n(zZ=1 .ig zZ
 .if \n(zY=1 .ig zY
-.TH BASH 1 "2011 April 11" "GNU Bash 4.2"
+.TH BASH 1 "2011 May 9" "GNU Bash 4.2"
 .\"
 .\" There's some problem with having a `@'
 .\" in a tagged paragraph with the BSD man macros.
@@ -646,7 +646,10 @@ AND and OR lists is the exit status of the last command
 executed in the list.
 .SS Compound Commands
 .PP
-A \fIcompound command\fP is one of the following:
+A \fIcompound command\fP is one of the following.
+In most cases a \fIlist\fP in a command's description may be separated from
+the rest of the command by one or more newlines, and may be followed by a
+newline in place of a semicolon.
 .TP
 (\fIlist\fP)
 \fIlist\fP is executed in a subshell environment (see

doc/bashref.texi

@@ -753,6 +753,10 @@ terminated by a corresponding reserved word or operator.
 Any redirections (@pxref{Redirections}) associated with a compound command
 apply to all commands within that compound command unless explicitly overridden.
 
+In most cases a list of commands in a compound command's description may be
+separated from the rest of the command by one or more newlines, and may be
+followed by a newline in place of a semicolon.
+
 Bash provides looping constructs, conditional commands, and mechanisms
 to group commands and execute them as a unit.
 

doc/version.texi

@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 Copyright (C) 1988-2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 @end ignore
 
-@set LASTCHANGE Mon Apr 11 16:56:36 EDT 2011
+@set LASTCHANGE Mon May  9 12:23:18 EDT 2011
 
 @set EDITION 4.2
 @set VERSION 4.2
-@set UPDATED 11 April 2011
-@set UPDATED-MONTH April 2011
+@set UPDATED 9 May 2011
+@set UPDATED-MONTH May 2011