Re: local functions

[Christof Warlich]

Am 10.12.20 um 15:04 schrieb Eli Schwartz:

> On 12/10/20 8:34 AM, Christof Warlich wrote:
> > $ help declare
> >
> > says:
> >
> >     ...
> >      When used in a function, `declare' makes NAMEs local, as with the
> > `local'
> >      command.
> >      ...
> > Thus, either the documentation or bash's behavior seens to be wrong,
> > right?
>
> The only confusion here is you seem to think that the special options
> -f, -F, -p are obeying the description "Declare variables and give
> them attributes" in the first place.

Well, the general statement that "declare makes NAMEs local" _is_
confusing (at best). I would rephrase it to something like:

When using `declare` in a function to set attributes, it makes NAMEs
local, as with the `local`command.