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Re: The builtin array variable 'FUNCNAME' is considered unset by many expansions, even when set.

Started byChet Ramey <chet.ramey@case.edu>
First post2018-11-08 10:38 -0500
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  Re: The builtin array variable 'FUNCNAME' is considered unset by many expansions, even when set. Chet Ramey <chet.ramey@case.edu> - 2018-11-08 10:38 -0500

#14780 — Re: The builtin array variable 'FUNCNAME' is considered unset by many expansions, even when set.

FromChet Ramey <chet.ramey@case.edu>
Date2018-11-08 10:38 -0500
SubjectRe: The builtin array variable 'FUNCNAME' is considered unset by many expansions, even when set.
Message-ID<mailman.3658.1541691497.1284.bug-bash@gnu.org>
On 11/8/18 10:28 AM, Great Big Dot wrote:
>> It should expand to the empty string in all these cases.
> 
> Oh yeah, right, because a function isn't even running. Duh. All my comments
> about expected behavior should be inverted, then, I guess. Out of
> curiosity, do you have any idea what's causing bash to *sometimes*
> correctly conclude that FUNCNAME[0] is empty and other times that
> FUNCNAME[*] is empty, under seemingly arbitrary circumstances? I can't
> figure out what could be causing that.

Yes. The internal function that returns an array value isn't honoring the
`not visible' setting. That's where the change needs to be.

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