Am 12.12.2009 02:11, schrieb Matthew Woehlke:
konsolebox wrote:
I hope the development team will also consider adding a way in bash to
declare global variables inside a function perhaps either with an
option in typeset or declare like -g (same as zsh) and/or a builtin
function like global as similar to local.
I thought variables in functions were /always/ global unless declared
local?
It's the other way round. Regarding typeset and declare, the man page
says: " When used in a function, makes each name local, as with the
local command. " So within a function, typeset, declare, and local are
synonyms. Using 'local' outside a function is an error, so IMHO this
command is completely redundant. It _would_ make some sense, however, if
its counterpart 'global' existed, as it could help clarify the intended
usage of the variable.
Bernd
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