On Tuesday 28 of August 2012 14:44:40 erik quanstrom wrote: > (...) > > variable scoping (better than subshel) would help writing larger > > scripts, but that's not necessarily an improvement ;-) something > > similar to LISP's `let' special form, for dynamic binding. > > there is variable scoping. you can write > > x=() y=() cmd
thank you good sire, for you've just made my day. now i see i can do: x=1 y=2 z=3 ...and only `z' retains its new value in the external scope, while `x' and `y' are limited in scope. horray for rc and helpful 9fans, -- dexen deVries 1972 - Dennis Ritchie invents a powerful gun that shoots both forward and backward simultaneously. Not satisfied with the number of deaths and permanent maimings from that invention he invents C and Unix.
