Mirrors/fish-shell
2
0
Fork 0
mirror of https://github.com/fish-shell/fish-shell synced 2024-12-25 12:23:09 +00:00
Code Issues Projects Releases Packages Wiki Activity

Update set man page to clarify scoping rules

Browse source 
"When an exported variable goes out of scope, it is unexported."

As requested in #5064
This commit is contained in:
ridiculousfish 2018-06-23 15:18:38 -07:00
parent 44bae29039
commit e812b609f9
1 changed files with 2 additions and 2 deletions
Show stats Download patch file Download diff file Expand all files Collapse all files

4
doc_src/set.txt
View file

@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ If the variable name is one or more array elements, such as `PATH[1 3 7]`, only
The scoping rules when creating or updating a variable are:
-# If a variable is explicitly set to either universal, global or local, that setting will be honored. If a variable of the same name exists in a different scope, that variable will not be changed.
-# Variables may be explicitly set to universal, global or local. Variables with the same name in different scopes will not be changed.
-# If a variable is not explicitly set to be either universal, global or local, but has been previously defined, the previous variable scope is used.
@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ The scoping rules when creating or updating a variable are:
The exporting rules when creating or updating a variable are identical to the scoping rules for variables:
-# If a variable is explicitly set to either be exported or not exported, that setting will be honored.
-# Variables may be explicitly set to either exported or not exported. When an exported variable goes out of scope, it is unexported.
-# If a variable is not explicitly set to be exported or not exported, but has been previously defined, the previous exporting rule for the variable is kept.