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Re: limit scope of variable

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From: Bart Schaefer <schaefer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Vin Shelton <acs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ray Andrews <rayandrews@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Zsh Users <zsh-users@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: limit scope of variable
Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2021 13:44:10 -0700
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On Tue, Aug 3, 2021 at 1:41 PM Vin Shelton <acs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I think you can prefix the called function with IFS=$OLDIFS.  I.e.:
>
> IFS=$OLDIFS Rays_function

Yes, but that has the possibly-unwanted side effect of exporting IFS
into the environment for everything run from within Rays_function.

References:
- limit scope of variable
  - From: Ray Andrews
- Re: limit scope of variable
  - From: Vin Shelton

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