Subject: Re: bin/19354: Semantics of /bin/sh "command" builtin violates POSIX
To: None <netbsd-bugs@netbsd.org>
From: Christopher Richards <richards+netbsd@CS.Princeton.EDU>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 12/18/2002 19:24:11
On 19 Dec 2002 00:12:37 GMT, David Laight wrote:
> + /* stop shell blowing its stack */
> + if (++funcnest > 1000)
> + error("too many nested function calls");
I don't like this -- it deviates from other /bin/sh implementations
and may cause previously-working scripts to fail.
--
Chris