From: P.Stephenson@swansea.ac.uk
To: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu (Zsh hackers list)
Subject: Re: Environment Passed to Functions
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 95 09:46:41 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <28749.9506150846@pyro.swan.ac.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: "shelton@grind.ICD.Teradyne.COM"'s message of "Wed, 14 Jun 95 16:17:51 EDT." <9506142017.AA13377@grind.icd.teradyne.com>
shelton@grind.ICD.Teradyne.COM wrote:
> If an environment variable is set on the command line for a function, then
> that enviroment variable is only in effect for the first command in the
> function.
Actually, the problem is slightly different: for shell functions and
builtins the parameter isn't put into the environment at all. This
must be a bug.
It looks to me like the simplest thing is to export the variable for a
function, not for a builtin (the only two possibilities at that point
in the code).
*** Src/exec.c~ Mon Jun 5 10:34:30 1995
--- Src/exec.c Thu Jun 15 09:43:27 1995
***************
*** 1416,1422 ****
}
if (cmd->vars) {
! addvars(cmd->vars, 0);
if (errflag) {
lastval = 1;
return;
--- 1416,1425 ----
}
if (cmd->vars) {
! /* Export this if the command is a shell function,
! * but not if it's a builtin.
! */
! addvars(cmd->vars, cn1->flags & SHFUNC);
if (errflag) {
lastval = 1;
return;
--
Peter Stephenson <P.Stephenson@swansea.ac.uk> Tel: +44 1792 205678 extn. 4461
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1995-06-14 20:17 Vinnie Shelton
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