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Re: Allowing dash in variable and function names
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Lawrence Velázquez |
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Re: Allowing dash in variable and function names |
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Date: |
Tue, 06 Apr 2021 01:07:23 -0400 |
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Cyrus-JMAP/3.5.0-alpha0-273-g8500d2492d-fm-20210323.002-g8500d249 |
On Tue, Apr 6, 2021, at 12:59 AM, konsolebox wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 6, 2021 at 12:47 PM <pauline-galea@gmx.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Could gnu bash start allowing "-" in variable and function names
> > as with lisp?
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> That's possible with the function keyword and when POSIX mode is disabled.
The "function" keyword is not necessary.
bash-5.1$ this-works-fine() { echo hello world; }
bash-5.1$ declare -f this-works-fine
this-works-fine ()
{
echo hello world
}
bash-5.1$ this-works-fine
hello world
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