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From: DervishD <zsh@dervishd.net>
To: John Reese <john.reese@gmail.com>
Cc: Zsh Users <zsh-users@sunsite.dk>
Subject: Re: Arithmetic expression and TRY_BLOCK_ERROR
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 10:46:55 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20050928084655.GC1384@DervishD> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4880307205092717115fbb352a@mail.gmail.com>

    Hi John :)

 * John Reese <john.reese@gmail.com> dixit:
> 2005/9/27, DervishD <zsh@dervishd.net>:
> >     Hi all :)
> >     I'll try to make it short ;) Why this:
> >     ...
> >     (( TRY_BLOCK_ERROR = 0 ))
> >     ...
> >     and not just this:
> >     ...
> >     TRY_BLOCK_ERROR=0
> >     ...
> >     ?????
> >
> The parentheses make it an integer variable.

    I know it, what I don't understand is why is it needed :? I mean,
that variable is already an integer variable.

>  Also, that particular
> assignment sets $? to 1.  Maybe that's desired.  I don't know. 

    Not in that context (is the code of the "throw" and "catch"
functions).

> Probably it's just that it's a fairly compact syntax for setting an
> integer variable.

    'let variable=0' is shorter ;) I really don't know the reason,
but I can find this kind of assignment everywhere :-/

    Raúl Núñez de Arenas Coronado

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2005-09-28  8:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-09-27 23:41 DervishD
2005-09-28  0:11 ` John Reese
2005-09-28  0:48   ` Will Maier
2005-09-28  1:04     ` John Reese
2005-09-28  8:46   ` DervishD [this message]
2005-09-28 14:55     ` Bart Schaefer
2005-09-29 10:30       ` DervishD

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