On 07/21/2015 05:07 AM, Stephane Chazelas wrote:
> With the current git head (and 4.3):
>
> $ ./bash -c 'eval() { echo function; }; set -o posix; type eval; eval echo
> not function''eval' is a special built-in, and as such, cannot be usefully defined as a function, because the shell rules for determining which command to execute favor special built-ins over functions. If anything, it would be nice if bash errored out on the attempt to define a function named 'eval', rather than allowing it to succeed. > (actually, having "eval is a special shell builtin" like in > dash/mksh/ksh93/yash would be nice) Yes, distinguishing between special and other built-ins would indeed be nice. -- Eric Blake eblake redhat com +1-919-301-3266 Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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