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From: kamat@uceng.UC.EDU (Govind N. Kamat)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: sh functions with "local variables"
Message-ID: <1206@uceng.UC.EDU>
Date: 18 Jun 89 11:17:02 GMT
References: <1397@marvin.Solbourne.COM>
Organization: College of Engg., Univ. of Cincinnati
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In article <1397@marvin.Solbourne.COM> dce@Solbourne.com (David Elliott) writes:
+>Now, in modern versions of sh (post SVR2, I think), function parameters
+>are local to the function, but there's no way to have local variables
+>otherwise.
+>
+>Now, if the function doesn't have any arguments, or if you can use
+>the arguments early and get rid of them, you can use "set" to put
+>values in $1-$9, which is one way to have local variables.  Still,
+>real local variables would be great.
+>
+>Of course, arrays would be nice, too.
+>
+>Maybe it's time to implement sh++?

Well, ksh, which is already around allows you to define true local
variables, using the "typeset" command.  It also includes support for
arrays.

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Govind N. Kamat 			College of Engineering
kamat@uceng.UC.EDU			University of Cincinnati
					Cincinnati, OH 45221, USA