[arch-projects] [devtools] [PATCH 6/9] lib/common.sh: Add a lock_close function.

[Dave Reisner]

On Sun, May 11, 2014 at 12:16:33AM -0400, Luke Shumaker wrote:
> At Sat, 10 May 2014 22:40:02 -0400,
> Dave Reisner wrote:
> > > +	eval "exec $fd>&-"
> > 
> > eval isn't needed here, you can use:
> > 
> >   exec {fd}>&-
> 
> Whoa!  I should have taken a closer look at the Bash 4.1 CHANGES
> file.  That's cool new bit of syntax.  I suppose neither of us is
> concerned about supporting Bash 4.0 or earlier?

pacman adopted bash4 quite some time ago, and tends to be a little on
the conservative side. I don't see any problem with devtools adopting
bash4 features, since they're expected to be run on an up to date Arch
install.