On Sun, Dec 29, 2024, at 3:44 PM, Daniel Colascione wrote: > I wonder whether it would be possible to add a simple catch-all command > that would encompass a set of options that can't be defaults but that > make writing shell scripts easier, e.g. set -euo pipefail, nullglob, > inherit_errexit, extglob, assoc_expand_once, and various other settings. > > It's annoying to enable all these settings individually, but enabling > them by default would break existing scripts. How about something like > "shopt -s bash2025" that would succinctly set these options all at once > so that script writers can more easily opt into modern behavior?
No, the shell should not endorse any options like this. The notion that *any* of the options you mentioned is "modern" or even best practice is ... contentious. -- vq
