var=old | |
f() { echo "var=$var"; } | |
# bash: POSIXLY_CORRECT behavior is to "leak" new variable values | |
# out of function invocations (similar to "special builtins" behavior); | |
# but in "bash mode", they don't leak. | |
# hush does not "leak" values. ash used to, but now does not. | |
var=val f | |
echo "var=$var" |