Re: REGRESSION: shellshock patch rejects valid function names

[Dan Douglas]

On Friday, September 26, 2014 02:17:03 PM Eric Blake wrote:
> Ugg. Anyone advising people to write bash functions while using the
> obsolete keyword 'function' ought to be questioned about their advice in
> general.

It's mainly the combination of `function` and `()` that make no sense in any 
context.

I usually prefer the function keyword especially for bash functions, but it's 
entirely for portability reasons that not a lot of people care about. (this 
opinion could also change if the ksh dynamic scope option becomes less buggy 
before the next version, or dash were to make some improvements to make me 
care about its locals, among other things.)

-- 
Dan Douglas

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