Re: simple function causes BASH to exit when -e in effect

2017-12-24 Thread Bob Proulx
Kevin Layer wrote: > It took me hours of work to distill this down from a very large and long > running script. > set -eu Hours and hours of debug time could be saved if people stopped using 'set -e' in their programs. It creates more problems than people think it solves. Do not meddle in the a

Re: simple function causes BASH to exit when -e in effect

2017-12-24 Thread Kevin Layer
Bob, 'set -e' is a double-edged sword, for sure, but I'm not sure it creates more problems than it solves. Hidden non-zero exits have wasted far more time, for me, than this little exercise has. On Sun, Dec 24, 2017 at 11:45 AM, Bob Proulx wrote: > Kevin Layer wrote: > > It took me hours of wo