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Subject: Re: [9front] man rc patch
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>>  +               if(star && 1<=n && n<=count(star)){
>>  +                       while(--n) star = star->next;
>>  +                       a = newword(star->word, a);
>>  +               }
> The condition is exactly the same as is in Xdol and it does work.
> I think you've misread it.

yes, its the same as Xdol(), thats precisely the problem. i was
refering to the use of $" to avoid checking for null list manually:

>>> having the $"n is handy, as one does not have to wrap it in an if
>>> statement if (~ $#n 0) to avoid checking for null values.

term% *=(1)
term% echo $#1
1
term% echo $#2
0
term% echo $1^$2
rc: null list in concatenation

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cinap