Scott Lurndal <sc...@lurndal.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 01, 2016 at 04:26:29PM +0000, Austin Group Bug Tracker wrote:
> >
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > (0003508) joerg (reporter) - 2016-12-01 16:26
> > http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=1025#c3508
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Since August 7, the Bourne Shell implements "type -F" to list all defined
> > functions.
>
> ksh has had "typeset -f" for decades. Why use "type" instead of "typeset",
> particularly since "type" is a alias for "whence" in ksh?
>
> $ type type
> type is an alias for 'whence -v'
This is not POSIX but ksh.
POSIX defines a builtin called "type" and POSIX intentionally does not define a
builtin called "whence" or "typeset".
This is why the proposal has been made as an enhancement to an already POSIX
defined interface.
ksh93 would need to implement "whence -v -F" and this is possible as whence
currently does not have an option "-F".
Jörg
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