Re: [Feature Request] do comsub with builtins/functions in current env

[Chet Ramey]

On 10/10/22 2:55 AM, konsolebox wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 9, 2022 at 4:46 PM Akbarkhon Variskhanov
> <akbarkhon.variskhanov@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I'd really like to see Bash not create a subshell for command
> > substitutions involving built-ins and functions.
>
> Practically not a fan of it because it has to examine the command,
> calculate and make sure it doesn't make changes in the calling shell
> that $() shouldn't. 

A new construct that explicitly can modify the current shell environment,
as with the ksh93 ${ list; }, is the better option. There's no reason to
change $(...).

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