On 12/2/22 5:28 AM, Ulrich Windl wrote:
Surprisingly "declare XXX=$(false);echo $?" outputs "0" (not "1") There is no indication in the manual page that "declare" ignores the exit code of commands being executed to set values.
Why do you think it should? `declare' has a well-defined return status.
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