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Re: [Help-bash] which file in bash source code (tarball) contain a print


From: Chet Ramey
Subject: Re: [Help-bash] which file in bash source code (tarball) contain a print output function
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2012 08:01:00 -0400

> Eric Blake wrote:
> > 'function' is a bashism; I would recommend sticking to the POSIX syntax of:
> 
> Don't you mean ksh'ism?  :-)
> 
> It is ksh syntax that bash has as a compatibility extension.

As the term is commonly used, it doesn't matter.  Any feature that bash has
that isn't in dash is a `bashism' and to be avoided.

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