2014-09-29 09:04:00 -0600, Eric Blake: [...] > I would expect something like "It shall be an error if fname is the name > of a special built-in utility", as _that_ would be a hard requirement on > bash, not just the application. Maybe we have a bug in the POSIX spec > for a missing requirement. [...]
Such a requirement would break bash, zsh, mksh, AT&T ksh (for disciplines), which currently all allow a function called "a.b" Cheers, Stephane