From 9abf53beb48b40e98d50fd35f445d6474af3a494 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Denys Vlasenko Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2018 10:39:18 +0200 Subject: ash: eval: Variable assignments on functions are no longer persistent MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Upstream commit: Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2018 17:54:01 +0800 eval: Variable assignments on functions are no longer persistent Dirk Fieldhouse wrote: > In POSIX.1-2017 ("simultaneously IEEE Std 1003.1™-2017 and The Open > Group Technical Standard Base Specifications, Issue 7") > , > we read under '2.9.1 Simple Commands' > > "Variable assignments shall be performed as follows: > ... > - If the command name is a standard utility implemented as a function > (see XBD Utility), the effect of variable assignments shall be as if the > utility was not implemented as a function. > ... > - If the command name is a function that is not a standard utility > implemented as a function, variable assignments shall affect the current > execution environment during the execution of the function. It is > unspecified: > > * Whether or not the variable assignments persist after the > completion of the function > > * Whether or not the variables gain the export attribute during > the execution of the function > > * Whether or not export attributes gained as a result of the > variable assignments persist after the completion of the function (if > variable assignments persist after the completion of the function)" POSIX used to require the current dash behaviour. However, you're right that this is no longer the case. This patch will remove the persistence of the variable assignment. I have considered the exporting the variables during the function execution but have decided against it because: 1) It makes the code bigger. 2) dash has never done this in the past. 3) You cannot use this portably anyway. Reported-by: Dirk Fieldhouse Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu function old new delta evalcommand 1606 1635 +29 evalcase 313 317 +4 evalfun 280 268 -12 pushlocalvars 48 - -48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (add/remove: 0/1 grow/shrink: 2/1 up/down: 33/-60) Total: -27 bytes Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko --- shell/ash_test/ash-misc/env_and_func.right | 2 +- shell/ash_test/ash-misc/env_and_func.tests | 2 +- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'shell/ash_test/ash-misc') diff --git a/shell/ash_test/ash-misc/env_and_func.right b/shell/ash_test/ash-misc/env_and_func.right index 5fc3488ae..4a1545058 100644 --- a/shell/ash_test/ash-misc/env_and_func.right +++ b/shell/ash_test/ash-misc/env_and_func.right @@ -1,2 +1,2 @@ var=val -var=val +var=old diff --git a/shell/ash_test/ash-misc/env_and_func.tests b/shell/ash_test/ash-misc/env_and_func.tests index 3efef1a41..1c63eafd8 100755 --- a/shell/ash_test/ash-misc/env_and_func.tests +++ b/shell/ash_test/ash-misc/env_and_func.tests @@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ f() { echo "var=$var"; } # bash: POSIXLY_CORRECT behavior is to "leak" new variable values # out of function invocations (similar to "special builtins" behavior); # but in "bash mode", they don't leak. -# hush does not "leak" values. ash does. +# hush does not "leak" values. ash used to, but now does not. var=val f echo "var=$var" -- cgit v1.2.3