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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] Minor fixes for non-Linux platforms

To: Christoph Egger <Christoph.Egger@xxxxxxx>, xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] Minor fixes for non-Linux platforms
From: Ewan Mellor <ewan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2006 16:29:01 +0100
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On Fri, Oct 13, 2006 at 05:56:21PM -0400, Aron Griffis wrote:

> Christoph,
> 
> Just wondering, why did you get rid of all the functions from these
> scripts?  AFAIK, every Bourne shell ever made supports functions,
> though they might need to be declared with the older syntax:
> 
>     func() {
>         asdfasdf
>     }

IEEE 1003.1 section 2.9.5 seems to be appropriate:

http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/utilities/xcu_chap02.html#tag_02_09_05

And that indeed shows functions being supported as above.  Surely we can work to
this spec on this matter?

Ewan.

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