Re: bug: illegal function name?

[Chet Ramey]

On 1/20/19 1:22 PM, Ilkka Virta wrote:

> The manual could of course mention something about the accepted function
> names, e.g.  "Function names can contain the characters [...], except in
> POSIX mode, where they must be valid shell /names/."  I'm not exactly sure
> what the accepted characters are, though, so I can't really suggest
> anything concrete.

The default mode accepts just about anything except NUL, so it's better to
mention the restrictions that accompany posix mode.

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