From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from hawkwind.utcs.toronto.edu ([128.100.102.51]) by archone.tamu.edu with SMTP id <19036>; Fri, 27 Sep 1991 11:05:24 -0500 Received: from localhost by hawkwind.utcs.toronto.edu with SMTP id <2706>; Fri, 27 Sep 1991 12:04:46 -0400 To: rc@archone.tamu.edu Subject: Re: export of variables and functions In-reply-to: malte's message of Fri, 27 Sep 91 06:02:05 -0400. <9109271002.AA07020@dahlie.techfak.uni-bielefeld.de> Date: Fri, 27 Sep 1991 11:04:41 -0500 From: Chris Siebenmann Message-Id: <91Sep27.120446edt.2706@hawkwind.utcs.toronto.edu> I actually think that exporting everything is the right decision, and certainly should be the default. All of my 'local' variables tend to be function-local, as opposed to shell-local, and we already have a mechanism for that. How many shell-local variables do people have/would have? - cks