From: Chris Siebenmann <cks>
To: rc
Subject: A mismatch between Byron's rc and Plan 9 rc:
Date: Mon, 5 Feb 1996 20:28:33 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <96Feb5.202849est.23984@hawkwind.utcs.utoronto.ca> (raw)
From: td@plan9.att.com
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Date: Mon, 5 Feb 1996 13:11:58 -0500
Subject: re: rc syntax bug
Stephen Hemminger <postman.ncube.com!sch> thinks there's a bug:
>Isn't it surprising:
> if (! ~ () ()) echo 'i am a bug'
I'm sorry, what do you think the bug is?
The syntax is obviously ok, and the result is exactly what
I intended. A match against an empty list always fails, the
definition being that at least one alternative must
succeed for the match to succeed.
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