On 2019-06-10 08:38:52 -0700, enh wrote: > but here's mksh: > > ~$ mksh > $ hello() { echo boing=$BOING; } > $ BOING=123 hello > boing=123 > $ echo $BOING > 123 > $ > > and ksh, since that seems to come up on this list: > > $ ksh > ~ [1]$ hello() { echo boing=$BOING; } > ~ [2]$ BOING=123 hello > boing=123 > ~ [3]$ echo $BOING > 123 > ~ [4]$ > > zsh also agrees. so it seems like bash is the exception (but bash is > also the most useful?).
No, zsh doesn't agree: zira% hello() { echo boing=$BOING; } zira% BOING=123 hello boing=123 zira% echo $BOING zira% But with some builtins and some variables, these variables remain set. Very ugly. -- Vincent Lefèvre <vinc...@vinc17.net> - Web: <https://www.vinc17.net/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <https://www.vinc17.net/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / AriC project (LIP, ENS-Lyon)