Re: Very Unexpected response from command 'set'

[Chet Ramey]

On 12/15/24 10:35 AM, Robert Elz wrote:
>      Date:        Sat, 14 Dec 2024 19:21:50 -0500
>      From:        Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org>
>      Message-ID:  <20241215002150.GC30016@wooledge.org>
>
>    | The output of "set" includes more than just variables.  It also includes
>    | shell functions.
>
> But that's a clear standards violation - but to be clear, if posix mode
> is turned on in bash, only the variables are output. 

If posix mode is off, bash can do what it wants with the output.

>  It could be perhaps
> argued that including the functions is just an extension, but it isn't, as
> the standard also specifies the format to be used for the output, and the way
> functions are (effectively must be) output isn't in the required format.

Since POSIX doesn't apply unless posix mode is enabled, bash can output
functions as part of `set' output and use an output format that bash can
re-read as input.

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