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From: Bart Schaefer <schaefer@brasslantern.com>
To: Zsh Users <zsh-users@zsh.org>
Subject: Re: surprise with echo
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2014 18:09:34 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <141219180934.ZM30229@torch.brasslantern.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20335.1418988086@thecus.kiddle.eu>

On Dec 19, 12:21pm, Oliver Kiddle wrote:
}
} I've never regarded the rc_expand_param and rc_quotes options as being
} there to emulate rc. They are merely inspired by rc.

This is also a truism.

} > > Only by turning off the option, or by doing e.g. ${@:-''} so that the
} > > expansion is the empty string rather than the empty array.
} 
} $^^@ will also do the job of disabling the option.

Right.  The important detail is that XX${@:-''}ZZ will produce similar
results whether or not $@ is empty, whereas XX${^^@}ZZ does something
different when $@ is NOT empty.  (Assuming in both cases rcexpandparam
is set.)


  reply	other threads:[~2014-12-20  2:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-12-19  1:24 Ray Andrews
2014-12-19  3:06 ` Bart Schaefer
2014-12-19  3:20   ` Lawrence Velázquez
2014-12-19  6:09     ` Ray Andrews
2014-12-19  6:30       ` Kurtis Rader
2014-12-19 17:54         ` Ray Andrews
2014-12-19  4:14   ` Kurtis Rader
2014-12-19  4:39     ` Lawrence Velázquez
2014-12-19  5:19       ` Kurtis Rader
2014-12-19  6:00         ` Lawrence Velázquez
2014-12-19  5:57     ` Bart Schaefer
2014-12-19  6:08       ` Kurtis Rader
2014-12-19  6:58         ` Ray Andrews
2014-12-20  2:55           ` Bart Schaefer
2014-12-20  3:05             ` Kurtis Rader
2014-12-20  3:49             ` Ray Andrews
2014-12-20  4:40               ` Bart Schaefer
2014-12-20  5:50                 ` Ray Andrews
2014-12-19  6:45     ` Ray Andrews
2014-12-19 11:21     ` Oliver Kiddle
2014-12-20  2:09       ` Bart Schaefer [this message]
2014-12-20  2:58       ` Kurtis Rader
2014-12-20  3:55         ` Ray Andrews
2014-12-20  5:08           ` Lawrence Velázquez
2014-12-20  5:37             ` Ray Andrews
2014-12-20  9:45               ` ZyX
2014-12-19  6:00   ` Ray Andrews

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