last_choice Variable

The last_choice variable remembers the last choice made from an overload-resolution menu. It is useful primarily in scripts. For example:

function myprint { 

        # print it twice, once in octal, then in hex

        # reuse same overload choice, if any

        DBX_output_base=8 builtin print $*

        DBX_output_base=16 builtin print $* <<-EOF

        $last_choice

        EOF

}