Re: "typeset -x" vs. "export" in 3.1.6

[Alexandre Duret-Lutz <alexandre.duret@greyc.ismra.fr>]

>>> "BS" == Bart Schaefer <schaefer@candle.brasslantern.com> writes:

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 BS> There doesn't seem to have ever been doc written for "typeset -g".  

I have just read a paragraph about it in zshbuiltins.1 !

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 BS> "typeset -x" meant "marks global and puts in the environment, iff
 BS> not marked local" which seems to have mutated into "puts in the
 BS> environment, iff marked global".  This has the effect of
 BS> rendering -x a no-op anywhere except at the top level, which I'm
 BS> pretty sure is incompatible with ksh.

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 BS> Can someone who has a real ksh available please confirm
 BS> what the precise ksh behavior is?  Does it differ in 88/93?)

~ % echo $ZSH_VERSION
3.1.6-bart-7
~ % emulate ksh
~ % foo() { typeset -x bar=123; sh -c 'echo $bar' }
~ % foo

~ % emulate zsh; strings =ksh | grep -i version
@(#)Version M-11/16/88i
~ % ksh
venus:281> foo() { typeset -x bar=123; sh -c 'echo $bar'; }
venus:282> foo                                  # note: ^--- is needed
123
venus:283>

So having 'typeset -x' doing 'typeset -xg' seems to be right for 
ksh emulation. 

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Alexandre 'Pollux' Duret-Lutz