On Thu, Apr 9, 2015 at 5:40 PM, Peng Yu wrote:
> However, the real problem is that global variable make larger programs
> difficult to maintain. Therefore, the problem becomes severe for
> people using bash for making bash libraries. Any ad hoc use of bash
> can always get away from this prob
On Fri, Apr 10, 2015 at 8:16 AM, Chet Ramey wrote:
> On 4/6/15 11:58 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> > I'd be fine with that, but then why does "source ./foo" create a DEBUG
> > trap at the global scope the *first* time?
>
> Because there's nothing to save and restore.
Just curious: why not restore th
On 4/10/15 10:13 AM, Eduardo A. Bustamante López wrote:
> - a faster implementation of the variable lookup code
What does this mean, exactly? Optimizing the existing code paths? (Have at
it.) Different semantics? Static as opposed to dynamic scoping?
> - a shopt to disable evaluation of shell
On 4/7/15 6:56 AM, Sam Liddicott wrote:
> Bash Version: 4.3
> Patch Level: 11
> Release Status: release
>
> Description:
> Shell wrongly attaches stdin piped to command sequence with syntax error
>
> Repeat-By:
> On a login shell or interactive shell, paste the following command:
>
>