Package: bash Version: 3.1dfsg-8 Severity: wishlist
It is a documented behaviour but not what the user(me) expects. I have 2 complex functions that do parameter parsing with the getopts built-in command. OPTIND is used to keep the number of next parameter to parse. It is reset to 1 whenever a new shell is invoked. I makes more sense to be reset to 1 *for the function* so that function's parameter parsing is independent. Current behavior: function1 -p x -f y #parameters parsed correctly function2 -g j -d l #no parameters detected This is because OPTIND is a global variable modified by function1 during parameter parsing. Desired behavior: both functions get parameters parsed. Workaround: At the beginning of the function put "local OPTIND=1". -- System Information: Debian Release: 4.0 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-5-k7 Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1) Versions of packages bash depends on: ii base-files 4 Debian base system miscellaneous f ii debianutils 2.17 Miscellaneous utilities specific t ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-13etch2 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libncurses5 5.5-5 Shared libraries for terminal hand bash recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
