On 10/21/24 9:54 AM, Robert Elz wrote:
From the earlier message (just replying to this one to get the new Subject: which fits better)...zsan...@gmail.com said: | I can work around function names needing to be valid shell 'name's by That one bash could easily fix if it wanted to, there's never been a POSIX requirement that only "name"s can be used as function names.
No, the original 1992 standard required it:
"The function is named fname; it shall be a name (see 3.1.5)."
That changed to an application requirement in 2001.
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