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From: Peter Stephenson <pws@csr.com>
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Subject: Re: Looking for devious one or two liner solutions to a problem
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On Wed, 10 Oct 2007 20:42:56 -0700
Bart Schaefer <schaefer@brasslantern.com> wrote:
> On Oct 10,  8:35pm, Bart Schaefer wrote:
> } f(){a=(${(s:.:)1});a[$2,3]=($[${a[$2]}+1] 0 0 0);a=${(j:.:)${a[0,3]}}}
> 
> Hmm, I may have just found a parser bug.  That doesn't work; you need
> one more space or sem between the assignment and the closing brace:
> 
> f(){a=(${(s:.:)1});a[$2,3]=($[${a[$2]}+1] 0 0 0);a=${(j:.:)${a[0,3]}};}

I have a vague memory of that being deliberate: the closing brace must
start a separate word on the command line.  This is going back years,
however (I think to Zoltan's period in charage).  It's possible I'm
remembering some other change to do with braces.

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