3 SC3043

Emanuele Torre edited this page 2022-06-01 17:52:05 +02:00

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• In POSIX sh, local is undefined.
• Problematic code:
• Correct code:
• Rationale:
• Exceptions:
• Related resources:

In POSIX sh, local is undefined.

Problematic code:

myfunc() {
  local i=0
  ..
}

Correct code:

In POSIX sh, you can adopt some convention to avoid accidentally overwriting variables names, e.g. prefixing with the function name:

myfunc() {
  _myfunc_i=0
  ..
}

Rationale:

local is supported in many shells, including bash, ksh, dash, and BusyBox ash. However, strictly speaking, it's not POSIX.

Exceptions:

Since quite a lot of real world shells support this feature, you may decide to ignore the warning.

Related resources:

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