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From:	Dave Mason <dmason@plg.uwaterloo.ca>
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In-reply-to: <9212041402.AA03650@oldp.astro.wisc.edu> (message from Alan Watson on Fri, 4 Dec 1992 09:02:51 -0500)
Subject: Re: more wishes for chrismas 
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> Date: Fri, 4 Dec 1992 09:02:51 -0500
> From: Alan Watson <alan@oldp.astro.wisc.edu>
> 
> There are a few characters which only make sense at certain places --
> like "=" which has to be quoted in dd commands -- but at least the
> current rules have a simplicity about them.  No "foo does bar except
> for on the third Wednesday in the month if the month starts on a
> weekend."

This is the only spot where I get bitten occasionally and wouldn't
mind a change.  If local assignments were only allowed at the
beginning of lines, then:
	dd count=1 bs=512
wouldn't cause a problem.  In fact, looking at the grammar in the rc
manual, assignments *are* only allowed at the beginning of lines, and
I don't see the rule that causes the problem.

../Dave