Re: Any comment on file descriptor behavior in functions?

[Peter Stephenson <pws@xxxxxxx>]

> Specifically zsh-workers/20991:
> 
> > It could be argued that descriptors opened by process substitution
> > should remain open across external command execution within functions;
> > they do, in e.g. bash.
> 
> (But don't in zsh, in case that isn't clear.)

Yes, I suppose they should be kept open, since the difference between
the command and function examples in that is rather nasty.  I presume
this can be done with an extra flag.

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