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From: Bart Schaefer <schaefer@brasslantern.com>
To: Clinton Bunch <cdb_zsh@zentaur.org>
Cc: "zsh-workers@zsh.org" <zsh-workers@zsh.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/1] zsh/random module
Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2024 19:34:25 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAH+w=7Z5ADwk_FWc_-Vw2OEjcPfc=BRnQY8HVr8m_uNTZeAj2w@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <57374b5f-77b9-4dee-aaba-5c4bdeb1b281@zentaur.org>

On Sun, Mar 24, 2024 at 7:11 AM Clinton Bunch <cdb_zsh@zentaur.org> wrote:
>
> zrand_int takes 0-3 arguments, an exclusive upper bound, a lower bound,
> a flag to make the upper bound inclusive.

Documentation remarks:

+optional.  If none are specified it is equivilent to

Typo: "equivalent'

+tt(inclusive) is a flag to determine whether the result can ever equal
+tt(upper).  By default it can not. If this argument is set to a non-zero value
+then it can.

Something about the use of "can" in those sentences strikes me as odd.
  a flag that controls whether the result is ever equal to
  by default it is not
  then it may be
??

+possible return values 0-15, in order to use it as an array index which goes
+from 1-16 you need to add one.  Since it can return zero, you don't want it
+to return 16.

It took me a few re-readings to figure out that "16" is meant as an
example result of $#a from the previous two expressions.  The switch
to addressing the reader as in "you need" / "you don't want" threw me
off.  Perhaps adding:
  For example, if $#a is 16,
and then end sentence and start again:
  values 0-15.  Thus in order
I might also change "Since" to "Because".


  reply	other threads:[~2024-03-25  2:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-03-24 14:11 Clinton Bunch
2024-03-25  2:34 ` Bart Schaefer [this message]
2024-03-26 12:47   ` Clinton Bunch
2024-03-26 13:01     ` Clinton Bunch
2024-03-26 18:25     ` Bart Schaefer
2024-04-06  2:41 ` Clinton Bunch
2024-04-06 16:48   ` Clinton Bunch

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