From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 23940 invoked by alias); 15 Sep 2011 13:09:38 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@zsh.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes List-Id: Zsh Users List List-Post: List-Help: X-Seq: 16366 Received: (qmail 15804 invoked from network); 15 Sep 2011 13:09:36 -0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW, SPF_HELO_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 Received-SPF: none (ns1.primenet.com.au: domain at csr.com does not designate permitted sender hosts) Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 14:09:26 +0100 From: Peter Stephenson To: Subject: Re: {fd}< and compound commands Message-ID: <20110915140926.56a83d9e@pwslap01u.europe.root.pri> In-Reply-To: <20110915125822.GB5497@yahoo.fr> References: <20110914172148.GA7325@yahoo.fr> <20110914200601.72c91f87@pws-pc.ntlworld.com> <20110915125822.GB5497@yahoo.fr> Organization: Cambridge Silicon Radio X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.9 (GTK+ 2.22.0; i386-redhat-linux-gnu) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Originating-IP: [10.103.10.104] X-Scanned-By: MailControl A-12-01-02 (www.mailcontrol.com) on 10.68.0.163 On Thu, 15 Sep 2011 13:58:22 +0100 Stephane Chazelas wrote: > Looking at the changelogs for ksh93 and zsh, it seems both > shells implemented it within one week of each other (in April > 2005), you guys surely must have mentionned it to each other, or > does that feature come from another shell/language? Yes, we discussed it. I think one of us (not me) suggested the syntax. The fact that there's no automatic closure for the descriptor is what makes me comfortable with the current limitations --- as I said, the fact that it looks like a redirection is really a bit of a confusion. -- Peter Stephenson Software Engineer Tel: +44 (0)1223 692070 Cambridge Silicon Radio Limited Churchill House, Cambridge Business Park, Cowley Road, Cambridge, CB4 0WZ, UK Member of the CSR plc group of companies. CSR plc registered in England and Wales, registered number 4187346, registered office Churchill House, Cambridge Business Park, Cowley Road, Cambridge, CB4 0WZ, United Kingdom More information can be found at www.csr.com. Follow CSR on Twitter at http://twitter.com/CSR_PLC and read our blog at www.csr.com/blog