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From: Andrew Main <zefram@tao.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: delay argument interpretation
To: schaefer@brasslantern.com (Bart Schaefer)
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 1997 09:23:27 +0100 (BST)
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In-Reply-To: <970721115258.ZM10155@candle.brasslantern.com> from "Bart Schaefer" at Jul 21, 97 11:52:58 am
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Bart Schaefer wrote:
>    show () {
>        show=() 
>        show=($~*) 
>        print -rc $show
>    }
>    alias show='noglob show'

Why?  What's wrong with

function show {
  show=("$@")
  print -rc -- "$@"
}

-zefram