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From: Martijn Dekker <martijn@inlv.org>
To: Zsh hackers list <zsh-workers@zsh.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] POSIXBUILTINS: quieten 'unset -f nonexistentfunc'
Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2017 19:04:40 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <8a9d23b7-63b5-37e0-9125-8bd5fdfc97e1@inlv.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <51c2b43e-a0d3-2e4d-15e8-b368c922beec@inlv.org>

Op 11-10-17 om 19:44 schreef Martijn Dekker:
> Doing 'unset -f' on an unset function outputs an error message and
> causes an unsuccessful exit status. All other shells quietly ignore it.
> POSIX specifies for 'unset' that "Unsetting a variable or function that
> was not previously set shall not be considered an error [...]".
> http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/V3_chap02.html#tag_18_29_03
> 
> If I have figured this out correctly, then the attached patch causes
> 'unset -f nonexistent_function' to be quiet and return status 0 if
> POSIXBUILTINS is active, without changing the behaviour of 'unfunction'
> and 'unhash -f'.

Was this overlooked, or rejected?

Thanks,

- M.


  reply	other threads:[~2017-11-02 19:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-10-11 18:44 Martijn Dekker
2017-11-02 19:04 ` Martijn Dekker [this message]
2017-11-02 20:04   ` Peter Stephenson

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