Re: dash 0.5.9: break and continue bug

[Harald van Dijk <harald@gigawatt.nl>]

On 23/08/16 22:23, Zdenek Kaspar wrote:
> Hi, I've noticed 0.5.9 does ignore break and continue statements, here
> is simple reproducer:
>
>
> one() {
>     echo "  one"
>     break
> }
>
> two() {
>     echo "  two"
> }
>
> for i in 1 2
> do
>     echo "loop $i:"
>     one
>     two
> done
>
>
> dash-0.5.9:
> $ dash dash-break-test
> loop 1:
>   one
>   two
> loop 2:
>   one
>   two
>
> dash-0.5.8-4.fc24.x86_64:
> $ dash dash-break-test
> loop 1:
>   one

break and continue now need to appear in the loop directly, they cannot 
be wrapped in a function any more. Although this is a visible change in 
behaviour, it is intentional:
   <https://www.mail-archive.com/dash%40vger.kernel.org/msg00929.html>

The standard is a bit unclear on how break and continue are meant to 
behave in these situations, as it refers to the "enclosing loop" without 
defining what counts and doesn't count as the enclosing loop, but the 
next version of the standard will make it clear that your script is not 
required to behave the way you expect:
   <http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=842>

That said, shells are still allowed to treat your script the way you expect.

> HTH, Z.