Re: Linux: bash 'declare -f' adds trailing whitespaces to output

[Jari Aalto]

* Tue 2007-09-25 Chet Ramey <chet.ramey AT case.edu> INBOX
> Jari Aalto wrote:
>
>> Tested in:
>> 
>>     GNU bash, version 2.05.0(1)-release (sparc-sun-solaris2.9)
>>     GNU bash, version 3.2.25(16)-release (i686-pc-cygwin)
>> 
>> An example:
>> 
>>     function testfunc ()
>>     {
>>         echo "this is test"
>>     }
>> 
>> From shell:
>> 
>>     $ declare -f | grep testfunc -A 3 | cat -A
>> 
>> Result; notice the trailing whitespaces in output:
>
> It doesn't change the declaration or the semantics.  How is it a
> problem?

It smells like a bug to output trailing spaces for some lines and not
some others.(*)

Jari

(*) I sometimes "record" anvironment state and git does not like
trailing spaces for a good reason.

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