Re: `declare -f "a="' fails unnecessarily

[Dale R. Worley]

Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org> writes:
>> In default mode, you actually can do
>>     $ function a=b { printf hi\\n; }
>> though you can't execute it:
>>     $ a=b foo
>>     bash: foo: command not found
>
> You just have to quote any part of the function name upto the equal sign
> to stop if from being interpreted as an assignment.
>
> $ \a=b foo
> hi

Oh, wow!  I guess that makes sense but I'd never imagine that one would
want it to make sense!

Dale