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Re: function variables question

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From: Zefram <zefram@xxxxxxxxx>
To: luomat+Lists/Zsh/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Timothy J Luoma)
Subject: Re: function variables question
Date: Mon, 8 Jun 1998 10:37:38 +0100 (BST)
Cc: zsh-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: <199806072133.RAA00849@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> from "Timothy J Luoma" at Jun 7, 98 05:33:15 pm

Timothy J Luoma wrote:
>I tend to use the same variable names in a lot of functions, such as 'name='  
>or 'short=' or 'for i in '
>
>Should I be doing 'unset name ; unset short ; unset i' at the end of them,  
>to keep them from interfering with each other?

No.  You should be doing 'local name', etc., at the start of the function,
to stop them interfering with anything else.

-zefram

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