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exit status when setting local variables


From: Mike Frysinger
Subject: exit status when setting local variables
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 18:39:41 -0500
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not sure if this is a bug or feature ... take this little snippet:
testit() {
        local foo=$(false) ; echo $?
        foo=$(false) ; echo $?
}

when we run the code, the output is:
0
1

rather than intuitive:
1
1
-mike




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