Re(2): shell bug I reported here a f

[Spencer W. Thomas]

In article <508 at ima.UUCP> johnl at ima.UUCP writes:
>The semantics I'd like to see would promise that all
>variable setting be (effectively) in the top shell unless explicitly put in
>a subshell by enclosing a sequence in parens.  I realize this would be
>tricky to implement, but it sure would make shell programming easier.

And what would

foo=spam | foo=vegemite | foo=peanut_butter_and_jelly

do?

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