tags 418183 + wontfix
quit

Hi Nico,

Nico Golde wrote:

> In ksh:
> $ echo 456 | {
> > foo=123
> >  while read line; do
> > foo=$line
> > done;}
> $ echo $foo
> 456
[...]
> POSIX 1003.2 allows both behaviours so portable scripts cannot depend on any 
> of
> them.

Indeed, thanks.  Keeping the report since we still don't document it
well enough; if anyone finds a spare moment and feels like patching
some nroff, an update to the manpage would be welcome.



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