it works perfectly, thanks! now that i know the existence of this option I have even found it in the documentation :p I admit I searched all the web about every possible information about scoping, but I never thought about arguments to a function definition… thanks again.
> On Mon, 2 Dec 2013, Matteo Cavalleri wrote: >> after reading the documentation and looking for examples i’m still >> having some issues with variable scoping, i.e. i’m trying to make some >> variables local to the whole script, not just a function, and of course >> i’d like to avoid leaking them to the calling shell. >> >> i’ve seen i can define functions inside a function, but it seems is not >> possibile to have variables defined in the “top” function available in >> the sub functions as well. i’ve tried with “set”, “set -lx”, “set -x”, >> “set -gu” etc with no avail. i know i can pass arguments to functions, >> but before ending up passing the same 5 or 6 variables to every function >> call, i wanted to see if there’s a way to have script-scoped variables. > > I think you want --no-scope-shadowing on the sub functions. It is not > terribly well explained in the documentation; I struggled to get my head > around it a bit the first time. > > With > > ``` > function echosomething > echo $something > end > > function showsomething > set something 1 > echosomething > end > ``` > >> showsomething > <blank output> >> echo $something > <blank output> >> B > > However, with > > ``` > function echosomething --no-scope-shadowing > echo $something > end > ``` > >> showsomething > 1 >> echo $something > <blank output >> > > HTH, > > David Adam > zanc...@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your business. Most IT organizations don't have a clear picture of how application performance affects their revenue. With AppDynamics, you get 100% visibility into your Java,.NET, & PHP application. Start your 15-day FREE TRIAL of AppDynamics Pro! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=84349351&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Fish-users mailing list Fish-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fish-users
