On 2019-06-10 08:38:52 -0700, enh wrote:
> but here's mksh:
>
> ~$ mksh
> $ hello() { echo boing=$BOING; }
> $ BOING=123 hello
> boing=123
> $ echo $BOING
> 123
> $
>
> and ksh, since that seems to come up on this list:
>
> $ ksh
> ~ [1]$ hello() { echo boing=$BOING; }
> ~ [2]$ BOING=123 hello
> boing=123
> ~ [3]$ echo $BOING
> 123
> ~ [4]$
>
> zsh also agrees. so it seems like bash is the exception (but bash is
> also the most useful?).
No, zsh doesn't agree:
zira% hello() { echo boing=$BOING; }
zira% BOING=123 hello
boing=123
zira% echo $BOING
zira%
But with some builtins and some variables, these variables remain set.
Very ugly.
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