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Re: funcnest and recursion
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Chet Ramey |
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Re: funcnest and recursion |
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Fri, 23 May 2014 10:48:11 -0400 |
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On 5/23/14, 10:17 AM, Ondrej Oprala wrote:
> Hi, there've recently been a few bug reports against bash on RH BZ,
> saying that bash can't handle infinite recursion the way zsh or ksh can.
>
> Looking at execute_cmd.c, there are the funcnest{,_max} variables
> and a piece of code using them in execute_function().
>
> Will funcnest_max be set to non-0 in upstream code in the future?
> Or is it just there for the downstream maintainers to set it if they
> see it fit?
Neither. The funcnest_max variable reflects the value of the FUNCNEST
shell variable. Users can set the maximum recursion level they want,
without changing the bash code at all, but the default is still as much as
the stack will give you (as it has been all along).
Chet
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