From: Felipe Contreras Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 11:40:54 GMT Subject: RE: [PATCH 4/7] test-hg.sh: eliminate 'local' bashism Message-ID: <5280c24640449_6841541e7877@nysa.notmuch> In-Reply-To: <1384142712-2936-5-git-send-email-rhansen@bbn.com> Richard Hansen wrote: > Unlike bash, POSIX shell does not specify a 'local' command for > declaring function-local variable scope. Except for IFS, the variable > names are not used anywhere else in the script so simply remove the > 'local'. For IFS, move the assignment to the 'read' command to > prevent it from affecting code outside the function. Makes sense. -- Felipe Contreras