From: Tim Goodwin <tjg@star.le.ac.uk>
To: rc@hawkwind.utcs.toronto.edu
Subject: Re: ifs substitution, how should it work?
Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 04:53:01 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <v2gAAIP1KDkLBw0A@ltsun0.star.le.ac.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200005220755.JAA01026@trillian.softwell.se>
> i wanted
> x = asd
> and
> y = (asd)
> to mean that x and y where not identical.
No, no, no. There is just one data type in rc: a list of strings. You
might sometimes think you've got a string, but you haven't: you've got a
list with one element.
Now, when ifs is used, the list of strings that it holds is interpreted
as a set of characters. I agree with you that the documentation should
be a bit clearer on this point: the man page doesn't seem to mention
anywhere what happens when ifs is a more-than-one element list.
Tim.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2000-05-23 23:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2000-05-22 7:55 Bengt Kleberg
2000-05-22 8:53 ` Tim Goodwin [this message]
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2000-05-19 22:10 Russ Cox
2000-05-18 12:57 Bengt Kleberg
2000-05-18 8:12 Bengt Kleberg
2000-05-18 12:12 ` Tim Goodwin
2000-05-18 6:32 Byron Rakitzis
2000-05-16 11:22 Bengt Kleberg
2000-05-12 10:14 Bengt Kleberg
2000-05-15 9:27 ` Tim Goodwin
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