Here is rc, which absorbed most of that behavior from the v8 shell:

% rc

% fn f { echo hi }

% whatis f

fn f {echo hi}

% whatis path

path=(. /Users/r/bin /usr/local/bin /usr/bin /bin /usr/sbin /sbin
/usr/local/go/bin /Applications/Keybase.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin
/usr/local/plan9/bin)

% rc

% # subshell

% f

hi

%




On Sun, Feb 9, 2020 at 10:11 AM Rob Pike <robpike@gmail.com> wrote:

> Not for me it doesn't.
>
> % bash
>
> bash-3.2$ function f() {
>
>     echo hi
>
>     }
>
> bash-3.2$ export f
>
> bash-3.2$ bash
>
> bash-3.2$ f
>
> bash-3.2$
>
>
> I added the 'builtin' command, which did leave the labs. But I added it as
> a way for the "whatis" command to show a builtin, as well as allowing a way
> to guarantee you get the builtin on execution.
>
>
> How do I get bash to print the function as (shell) source code, so I could
> edit it and play with it again? It was the synergy of all this stuff
> connected seamlessly that made it so compelling.
>
>
> -rob
>
>
>
> On Sun, Feb 9, 2020 at 10:02 AM Chet Ramey <chet.ramey@case.edu> wrote:
>
>> On 2/8/20 5:54 PM, Rob Pike wrote:
>> > Like exportable functions and output that's valid input, so it works
>> well
>> > with an editable typescript.
>>
>> Bash has both of those things.
>>
>> --
>> ``The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.'' - Chaucer
>>                  ``Ars longa, vita brevis'' - Hippocrates
>> Chet Ramey, UTech, CWRU    chet@case.edu    http://tiswww.cwru.edu/~chet/
>>
>