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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.


  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]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
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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