On 23 May 2013 03:30, Dan Douglas <[email protected]> wrote:
> In any event, over-cluttering the typeset namespace is just a bad idea. It's
> the declaration command with the most portable subset of features.

I don't think it is over-cluttering. typeset -c declares a new
variable to be a copy (hence 'c') of the variable with a given name.
typeset -m declares a new variable, which is the variable name given
after the = moved to the new variable name (hence 'm' for moving).

For bash the overall idea has been discussed on chat (IRC) and the
consensus is to see if it stays beyond alpha status in ksh93 and then
pick it up. typeset -c as capsize will make room for typeset -c as
copy because the copy function is a lot more useful than capsize. It
may happen that the long option for capsize stays but that's not
decided yet.

> --
> Bah, gmail client.

Agreed
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