4 files changed, 25 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/shell/hush_test/hush-arith/arith.right b/shell/hush_test/hush-arith/arith.right
index c48e468a5..2c389caea 100644
--- a/shell/hush_test/hush-arith/arith.right
+++ b/shell/hush_test/hush-arith/arith.right
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ hush: arithmetic syntax error
 3 3
 4 4
 4 4
+7 7
 hush: arithmetic syntax error
 hush: arithmetic syntax error
 hush: arithmetic syntax error
@@ -114,6 +115,8 @@ hush: arithmetic syntax error
 4 4
 7 7
 -7 -7
+7
+7
 hush: arithmetic syntax error
 hush: arithmetic syntax error
 hush: arithmetic syntax error
@@ -128,11 +131,12 @@ hush: arithmetic syntax error
 2 2
 -2 -2
 1 1
-hush: arithmetic syntax error
-hush: arithmetic syntax error
-hush: arithmetic syntax error
-hush: arithmetic syntax error
-hush: arithmetic syntax error
+7
+7
+7
+7
+7
+7
 5 5
 1 1
 6 6
@@ -141,8 +145,10 @@ hush: arithmetic syntax error
 1 1
 4 4
 0 0
-hush: arithmetic syntax error
-hush: arithmetic syntax error
+-7
+-7
+7
+7
 8 12
 hush: arithmetic syntax error
 42
diff --git a/shell/hush_test/hush-arith/arith.tests b/shell/hush_test/hush-arith/arith.tests
index bc6b341d1..a7aded17d 100755
--- a/shell/hush_test/hush-arith/arith.tests
+++ b/shell/hush_test/hush-arith/arith.tests
@@ -255,8 +255,8 @@ echo 3 $x
 echo 4 $(( ++x ))
 echo 4 $x
 
-# bash 3.2 apparently thinks that ++7 is 7
-#ash# echo 7 $(( ++7 ))
+# ++ is not a inc operator on non-variable, it is the + + sequence
+echo 7 $(( ++7 ))
 (  echo $(( 7-- ))    )
 
 (  echo $(( --x=7 ))  )
@@ -270,9 +270,9 @@ echo 4 $x
 echo 7 $(( +7 ))
 echo -7 $(( -7 ))
 
-# bash 3.2 apparently thinks that ++7 is 7
-#ash# echo $(( ++7 ))
-#ash# echo $(( --7 ))
+# ++ is not a inc operator on non-variable, it is the + + sequence
+echo $(( ++7 ))
+echo $(( --7 ))
 
 ${THIS_SH} ./arith1.sub
 ${THIS_SH} ./arith2.sub
diff --git a/shell/hush_test/hush-arith/arith1.sub b/shell/hush_test/hush-arith/arith1.sub
index 80aa99922..a36785c67 100755
--- a/shell/hush_test/hush-arith/arith1.sub
+++ b/shell/hush_test/hush-arith/arith1.sub
@@ -35,6 +35,6 @@ echo 1 $a
 
 #ash# (( ++ ))
 (  echo $(( +++7 ))  )
-# bash 3.2 apparently thinks that ++ +7 is 7
-#ash# echo $(( ++ + 7 ))
+# ++ is not a inc operator on non-variable, it is the + + sequence
+echo $(( ++ + 7 ))
 #ash# (( -- ))
diff --git a/shell/hush_test/hush-arith/arith2.sub b/shell/hush_test/hush-arith/arith2.sub
index 9105059db..29f9471d6 100755
--- a/shell/hush_test/hush-arith/arith2.sub
+++ b/shell/hush_test/hush-arith/arith2.sub
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# bash 3.2 apparently thinks that ++7 is 7 etc
+# ++ and -- are not inc/dec operators on non-variables, they are + + and - - sequences
 (  echo $(( --7 ))   )
 (  echo $(( ++7 ))   )
 (  echo $(( -- 7 ))  )
@@ -37,13 +37,13 @@ echo 4 $(( 4 - -- a ))
 echo 0 $a
 
 #ash# (( -- ))
-# bash 3.2 apparently thinks that ---7 is -7
-#ash# echo $(( ---7 ))
+# -- is not a dec operator on non-variable, it is the - - sequence
+echo $(( ---7 ))
 (  echo $(( -- - 7 ))  )
 
 #ash# (( ++ ))
-# bash 3.2: 7
-#ash# echo 7 $(( ++7 ))
+# ++ is not a inc operator on non-variable, it is the + + sequence
+echo $(( ++7 ))
 (  echo $(( ++ + 7 ))  )
 
 # bash 3.2: -7