Michael Haggerty <mhagger@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> On 06/07/2016 06:57 PM, Johannes Sixt wrote:
>> Am 07.06.2016 um 13:50 schrieb Michael Haggerty:
>>> test_update_rejected () {
>>> + local prefix before pack create error &&
>>
>> Do we want to add more of unportable 'local' declarations?
>
> Sorry, I forgot that `local` is not in the POSIX standard.
Regarding portability we say three things.
* It is supported practically everywhere, and it is even in POSIX,
so let's use it.
* Even this is not in POSIX, it is supported practically
everywhere, and it is too cumbersome to do things without using
it, so let's use it.
* It is not available in some platforms we (collectively) still
care; it is not even in POSIX. Don't use it.
I think "local" falls into the third one.
: bash; ksh
$ v=1
$ f () { local v; v=2; echo f; }
$ f
ksh: local: not found [No such file or directory]
f
$ echo $v
2
$ exit
: bash;
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