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Re: In POSIX mode, ${#var} measures length in bytes, not characters

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From: Bart Schaefer <schaefer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Peter Stephenson <p.stephenson@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: In POSIX mode, ${#var} measures length in bytes, not characters
Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2015 08:37:05 -0700
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On Tuesday, June 9, 2015, Peter Stephenson <p.stephenson@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> I can't remember why POSIX_ARGZERO isn't on, or even if there was
> actually a reason.
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The doc actually does explain this, for once.

For compatibility with previous versions of the shell, emulations use
NO_FUNCTION_ARGZERO instead of POSIX_ARGZERO, which may result in
unexpected scoping of $0 if the emulation mode is changed inside a function
or script.

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