On Thu, Jun 05, 2008 at 10:07:51AM +0200, Andreas Schwab wrote:
> Stephane Chazelas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > I suspect this:
> > $ sh -c 'function() { echo a; }; function'
> > sh: -c: line 0: syntax error near unexpected token `('
> > sh: -c: line 0: `function() { echo a; }; function'
> >
> > breaks POSIX conformance, BTW (but then it's the same for AT&T
> > ksh, pdksh, zsh).
>
> POSIX allows function to be treated as a reserved word, even if it does
> not attach any meaning to it.
[...]
You're right. Shame on me, I had said the exact same thing (that
POSIX allowed "function" to be a keyword) less than 1 week ago
in a bug report to posh
(http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=483860#20).
Looks like my skull is getting more and more porous...
Sorry about that.
Stéphane
