On 8/19/15 11:48 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 08:39:15AM +0000, Craig wrote: >> It's somewhat cumbersome to have to transport this assert function from >> project to project, so it would save a considerable amount of effort and >> time if it were built-in. > >> function assert() { >> local lineno=${BASH_LINENO[0]} \ >> src=${BASH_SOURCE[1]} \ >> lines=() >> >> mapfile -n 1 -t -s $(( $lineno - 1 )) lines < "$src" >> >> printf "ASSERT: ${src##*/}:$lineno: %s\n" "$lines" >> >> exit 1 >> } > > I don't think there will be broad enough interest to justify bloating > bash with a feature that can be achieved with a 4-line function.
I agree with this assessment, and note that this is the first request for such a builtin. There's no indication that it's been generally requested. -- ``The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.'' - Chaucer ``Ars longa, vita brevis'' - Hippocrates Chet Ramey, ITS, CWRU c...@case.edu http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/~chet/