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IshKebab
7y ago
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Yeah what's wrong with functions? Clearly the Bash developers are continuing their tradition of obeying the principle of most surprise.
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john-aj
7y ago
Judging from this thread, Bash doesn’t seem to be the only shell to support these types of variables, but I agree – it’s unintuitive and surprising.
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