wish list addition

[antonio]

read -t0 actually does nothing

may be, could be used for -flushing pre-entered-key-buffer-


while true
do
  read -s -n1 -t0 x
  test $x && break
  echo "loop"
done

Function definition syntax inconsistencies

[Jan Schampera]

Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]:
Machine: i486
OS: linux-gnu
Compiler: gcc
Compilation CFLAGS:  -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='i486'
-DCONF_OSTYPE='linux-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='i486-pc-linux-gnu'
-DCONF_VENDOR='pc' -DLOCALEDIR='/usr/share/locale' -DPACKAGE='bash'
-DSHELL -DHAVE_CONFIG_H   -I.  -I../bash -I../bash/include -I../bash/lib
  -g -O2
uname output: Linux mainserver 2.6.18-6-486 #1 Sat May 24 09:50:27 UTC
2008 i686 GNU/Linux
Machine Type: i486-pc-linux-gnu

Bash Version: 3.1
Patch Level: 17
Release Status: release

Description:
The function definition is allowed in 3 forms:
1. NAME() ...
2. function NAME() ...
3. function NAME ...

The 3rd form can't be used when specifying an explicit subshell
as body.

I don't have a non-Debian system at hand to test it
but I don't think Debian patches are applies in this area. Also
I don't have a higher Patchlevel here to test, sorry.

Repeat-By:
Definition of the following functions works:
- somename() (echo)
- function somename() (echo)

This definition fails:
- function somename (echo)

Fix:
No fix, just a guess: It might be the code or part that
parses/awaits the optional "()".


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- Jan