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http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=1194
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Reported By: steffen
Assigned To:
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Project: 1003.1(2016)/Issue7+TC2
Issue ID: 1194
Category: Shell and Utilities
Type: Clarification Requested
Severity: Editorial
Priority: normal
Status: New
Name: steffen
Organization:
User Reference:
Section: vol. 3: sh
Page Number: 3239
Line Number: 108848
Interp Status: ---
Final Accepted Text:
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Date Submitted: 2018-04-23 18:10 UTC
Last Modified: 2018-04-23 18:10 UTC
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Summary: sh: mention historic function body in APPLICATION
USAGE
Description:
Unix Version 8 shell and others documented functions as
name () command
Define a function which is referenced by name. The body of
the
function is the command. The most useful form of command is a
sequence of commands enclosed by { and }. Execution of
functions is described below (see Execution).
Where command was
A command is either a simple-command or one of the following. Unless
otherwise stated, the value returned by a command is that of the last
simple-command executed in the command.
And whereas the POSIX base specifications include
It should be noted that implementations will have different kinds of
extensions. Some will reflect
“historical usage” and will be preserved for execution of
pre-existing applications. These functions
should be considered “obsolescent” and the standard functions
used for new applications.
the fact that many current shells (still) support the original function
syntax are worth to the noted.
Desired Action:
Insert the following sentence at the given location:
Whereas historically the argument of shell functions (see xref 2.9.5,
Function Definition Command) has been any command related shell construct,
including [xref 2.9.1] simple commands, [xref 2.9.2] pipelines and [xref
2.9.3] lists, the POSIX standard shell only supports [xref 2.9.4] compound
commands.
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Issue History
Date Modified Username Field Change
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2018-04-23 18:10 steffen New Issue
2018-04-23 18:10 steffen Name => steffen
2018-04-23 18:10 steffen Section => vol. 3: sh
2018-04-23 18:10 steffen Page Number => 3239
2018-04-23 18:10 steffen Line Number => 108848
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