Re: REGRESSION: shellshock patch rejects valid function names

[Chet Ramey]

On 9/27/14, 10:03 PM, Eric Blake wrote:

>> Yes, it's an application requirement.  Regardless, all the versions of bash
>> we're talking about here reject non-identifiers.
> 
> I'm still trying to find that line in the actual POSIX spec.

"The function is named fname; the application shall ensure that it is a
name (see XBD Name) and that it is not the name of a special built-in utility."

http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/V3_chap02.html#tag_18_09_05
> 


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