Re: leaks fd for internal functions but not external command

[Sam Liddicott]

This just made me sad:

tedious_function() {
  : # lots of stuff
} {BASH_XTRACEFD}>/dev/null

it would be so cool to be able to disable debug output BASH_XTRACEFD like
that whether or not BASH_XTRACEFD was set.
I guess the variable would have to be local to the function invocation too.

Please add it to the wishlist for bash 5 ;-)


On Thu, 25 Jul 2019 at 15:11, Chet Ramey <chet.ramey@case.edu> wrote:

> On 7/25/19 9:03 AM, Sam Liddicott wrote:
>
> > Perhaps if the named fd is also closed on the same statement that opened
> > it, it could be kept closed rather than saved and re-opened.
> > Being closed at the same statement is a strong indicator that it was only
> > used to aid fd transplants. Why keep open what the author closed?
>
> That's an interesting suggestion. I considered it at some point, and
> there's even a comment in the code about it. I'll look at it again.
>
> Chet
>
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