Re: Non-POSIX friendly output from declare -f / typeset -f

[Chet Ramey]

On 1/20/15 9:09 AM, Raphael Cohn wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> It seems with bash 4.3.30(1)-release (and probably others) that embedded
> functions are output with a leading 'function ' keyword when using declare
> -f / typeset -f. This is different to all other shells that support declare
> / typeset that I've tested (pdksh, mksh, Mac OS X ksh, which I think is AT&T)

There's no real compatibility here, since typeset isn't part of the Posix
standard.  Most shells, including bash, are concerned primarily with being
able to parse their own output.

There will be a change in the next version of bash that omits the
`function' keyword in posix mode, but that doesn't really help you
if you have to use embedded function definitions now.

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