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From: Zoltan Hidvegi <hzoli@cs.elte.hu>
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> misleading.  E.g. from the FAQ:

You mean from the NEWS.

> ! Traps defined by the trap builtin are now executed in the current shell
> ! environment and not as a shell function.  This means that $1 is not set
> ! to the signal number.  Of course the TRAPxxx functions continue working
> ! as before.
> 
> This sounds as though TRAPFOO() continues to fire ("functions continue
> working") even after `trap bar foo`; sort of as if TRAPxxx() and "trap"
> are now in completely separate "namespaces".

Perhaps my wording was not the best.  Any improvements are welcome.

Zoltan