GNU bug report logs - #21477
24.4; Imenu - improper parse of shell function names

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Matthew Persico <mpersico5 <at> bloomberg.net>

Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2015 15:29:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 52319, 52928, 54265, 56003, 57255, 58554

Found in version 24.4

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 21477 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: "Matthew Persico (BLOOMBERG/ 731 LEX)" <mpersico5 <at> bloomberg.net>
Cc: 21477 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#21477: 24.4; Imenu - improper parse of shell function names
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2020 21:15:38 -0700

tags 21477 + moreinfo
thanks

"Matthew Persico (BLOOMBERG/ 731 LEX)" <mpersico5 <at> bloomberg.net> writes:

> 1) Create a file with this text:
> # -*- sh -*-
> this_is_parsed ()
> {
> echo 1
> }
>
> function this_is_also_parsed
> {
> echo 1
> }
>
> this-is-not-parsed ()
> {
> echo 1
> }
>
> function this-is-also-not-parsed
> {
> echo 1
> }
>
> 2) Load it into emacs that has imenu.
>
> 3) Look for functions in the imenu list. Only the ones with '_' show up. The ones with '-' do not.

I can reproduce this behaviour, but is it really a bug?  Aren't the
names with '-' invalid?

The Bash Reference Manual says:

name

    A word consisting solely of letters, numbers, and underscores, and
    beginning with a letter or underscore. Names are used as shell
    variable and function names. Also referred to as an identifier.

https://www.gnu.org/savannah-checkouts/gnu/bash/manual/bash.html

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas
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