Re: typeset -p on an empty integer variable is an error. (plus -v test w/ array elements)

[John Kearney]

Am 14.01.2013 21:12, schrieb Chet Ramey:
> On 1/14/13 2:57 PM, John Kearney wrote:
>
>> I have no idea why errexit exists I doubt it was for lazy people
>> thought. its more work to use it.
> I had someone tell me one with a straight (electronic) face that -e
> exists `to allow "make" to work as expected' since historical make invokes
> sh -ce to run recipes.  Now, he maintains his own independently-written
> version of `make', so his opinion might be somewhat skewed.
>
> Chet
>
That actually makes a lot of sense. it explains the 2 weirdest things
about it, 1 no error message explaining what happened, 2 weird behavior
with functions.