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Re: RFE? request for an "undefined" attribute for functions
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Eric Blake |
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Re: RFE? request for an "undefined" attribute for functions |
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Mon, 02 Aug 2010 12:16:44 -0600 |
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On 08/02/2010 12:15 PM, Bernd Eggink wrote:
> Am 02.08.2010 19:15, schrieb Andreas Schwab:
>> Bernd Eggink<monoped@sudrala.de> writes:
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>>> eval "function $name
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>> Don't use function, use "$name ()" instead.
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> What's wrong with function??
'function name' is a bash extension while 'name()' is POSIX. If you use
standard POSIX instead of bash extensions, then your approach will more
easily port to other POSIX shells.
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Re: RFE? request for an "undefined" attribute for functions, Chet Ramey, 2010/08/02