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From: Bart Schaefer <schaefer@brasslantern.com>
To: zsh-workers@zsh.org
Subject: Anonymous function syntax and "sh" emulation
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2015 21:16:38 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <150820211638.ZM29649@torch.brasslantern.com> (raw)

This works in both zsh and sh emulation:

  () { print hello; }

So does this:

  function () { print hello; }

This works in zsh emulation but not in sh emulation:

  function { print hello; }

The error is "parse error near `}'".  If you write it as

  function {
    print hello
  }

then the error is "parse error near `print'".  Since this is the example
syntax in the "Anonymous Functions" subsection of the manual, it seems
that it either ought to work, or there ought to be a warning.


             reply	other threads:[~2015-08-21  4:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-08-21  4:16 Bart Schaefer [this message]
2015-08-21 14:52 ` Peter Stephenson
2015-08-21 15:29   ` Bart Schaefer
2015-08-21 16:03     ` Peter Stephenson

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