On 7/24/20 2:25 AM, Grisha Levit wrote:
> Having IGNOREEOF defined prior to invoking a function that uses `local -'
> causes IGNOREEOF to be set to `10' after the function returns.
>
> $ IGNOREEOF=0; f() { local -; }; f; echo $IGNOREEOF
> 10
Yes, that's the default. `local -' saves the state of the option, not the
value of those options backed by variables (which just doesn't scale well).
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