On 8/19/15 11:48 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 08:39:15AM +0000, Craig wrote:
>> It's somewhat cumbersome to have to transport this assert function from
>> project to project, so it would save a considerable amount of effort and
>> time if it were built-in.
>
>> function assert() {
>> local lineno=${BASH_LINENO[0]} \
>> src=${BASH_SOURCE[1]} \
>> lines=()
>>
>> mapfile -n 1 -t -s $(( $lineno - 1 )) lines < "$src"
>>
>> printf "ASSERT: ${src##*/}:$lineno: %s\n" "$lines"
>>
>> exit 1
>> }
>
> I don't think there will be broad enough interest to justify bloating
> bash with a feature that can be achieved with a 4-line function.
I agree with this assessment, and note that this is the first request for
such a builtin. There's no indication that it's been generally requested.
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