From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.5 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,DKIM_VALID_EF,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: from zero.zsh.org (zero.zsh.org [IPv6:2a02:898:31:0:48:4558:7a:7368]) by inbox.vuxu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E168021560 for ; Sat, 13 Apr 2024 05:26:22 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=zsh.org; s=rsa-20210803; h=List-Archive:List-Owner:List-Post:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Help:List-Id:Sender:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-Type:Subject:To:From:Date:References:In-Reply-To:Message-Id: MIME-Version:Reply-To:Cc:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date: Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID; bh=a0sSDbvcwiZMLihjrMuoFTEVT2eyaCqCLzbVxs0H43E=; b=ePjvoAoeUVLAgLLfI1ibXouY8z hHO97YNjWJDX4RdzMUINqsFcCKncOpk11e567ujYjZ90tNg7qjQyPNXM8mBjLVeU8fJj8kQTfkSk1 IdiiO19vMSzw3AK5xwbc5+xMxDUVPkn30UCi+tTxSi8pcTofDH1O6x/xElkzbnotPqjMTSHXbdqHE r1l7rzXftxuAXKAvYtQSlndFvYHkGEbKaQebRlbnv0u3lwudqEYbn8HUXm/D7xNpoImNhLpxx4YXB L0Am6LfjuGbsmI3P80orx+rRwMbgdjg4lLra48J4u73vTzZFFx0VTDWEedFsMlG6j5iFUrlgBELFc nQdwTLRg==; Received: by zero.zsh.org with local id 1rvU22-000Ic8-4l; Sat, 13 Apr 2024 03:26:22 +0000 Received: by zero.zsh.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) id 1rvU1Q-000Hso-Kq; Sat, 13 Apr 2024 03:25:44 +0000 Received: from compute2.internal (compute2.nyi.internal [10.202.2.46]) by mailfauth.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id E2F301200032 for ; Fri, 12 Apr 2024 23:25:42 -0400 (EDT) Received: from imap48 ([10.202.2.98]) by compute2.internal (MEProxy); Fri, 12 Apr 2024 23:25:42 -0400 X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedvledrudeihedgfedvucetufdoteggodetrfdotf fvucfrrhhofhhilhgvmecuhfgrshhtofgrihhlpdfqfgfvpdfurfetoffkrfgpnffqhgen uceurghilhhouhhtmecufedttdenucenucfjughrpefofgggkfgjfhffhffvufgtgfesth hqredtreerjeenucfhrhhomhepnfgrfihrvghntggvucggvghljoiiqhhuvgiiuceolhgr rhhrhihvseiishhhrdhorhhgqeenucggtffrrghtthgvrhhnpefgffeghfehjeegtdeitd evgeehgeehjeefffeffeefieeguedvtdegtdetudeufeenucevlhhushhtvghrufhiiigv pedtnecurfgrrhgrmhepmhgrihhlfhhrohhmpehlrghrrhihvhdomhgvshhmthhprghuth hhphgvrhhsohhnrghlihhthidqudduhedukeejjedtgedqudduledvjeefkeehqdhlrghr rhihvheppeiishhhrdhorhhgsehfrghsthhmrghilhdrtghomh X-ME-Proxy: Feedback-ID: iaa214773:Fastmail Received: by mailuser.nyi.internal (Postfix, from userid 501) id AD00031A0065; Fri, 12 Apr 2024 23:25:42 -0400 (EDT) X-Mailer: MessagingEngine.com Webmail Interface User-Agent: Cyrus-JMAP/3.11.0-alpha0-379-gabd37849b7-fm-20240408.001-gabd37849 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <1e53a3f7-9bdb-45ae-81c7-7d0ec1a6a541@app.fastmail.com> In-Reply-To: <7333cf23-1fe7-4b3d-a7c1-f07697c5f062@eastlink.ca> References: <97793422-1543-4ba6-b52b-ff93eba03ab1@eastlink.ca> <7ba17739-6024-439b-a4a7-dd88fddfa2e4@eastlink.ca> <7333cf23-1fe7-4b3d-a7c1-f07697c5f062@eastlink.ca> Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2024 23:25:18 -0400 From: =?UTF-8?Q?Lawrence_Vel=C3=A1zquez?= To: zsh-users@zsh.org Subject: Re: triviality regarding $# counts Content-Type: text/plain;charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Seq: 29801 Archived-At: X-Loop: zsh-users@zsh.org Errors-To: zsh-users-owner@zsh.org Precedence: list Precedence: bulk Sender: zsh-users-request@zsh.org X-no-archive: yes List-Id: List-Help: , List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Owner: List-Archive: On Fri, Apr 12, 2024, at 10:28 PM, Ray Andrews wrote: > On 2024-04-12 18:33, Mark J. Reed wrote: >> More context would clarify what you're trying to do and how best to d= o=20 >> it. Without that context, the=C2=A0approach you're currently taking f= eels=20 >> deeply weird. Can you not provide sample input and desired output?=20 >> Maybe with all of your code rather than a few snippets from "so deep=20 >> they need eval", whatever that means... > Context would be very difficult, trust me.=C2=A0 You'd hafta run the t= hing.=C2=A0=20 > But yes, it could all be deeply weird, I have nothing to build from bu= t=20 > my own notions of how things should work. We all understand that it can be difficult to boil a problem down to a tractable, self-contained example. But the alternative you've chosen -- presenting baffling examples without necessary context, describing your debugging attempts in vague terms without concrete details, and inventing deeply bogus theories instead of consulting the documentation first -- is making it difficult for us to help. --=20 vq