From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.4 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 27861 invoked from network); 19 Nov 2022 19:51:34 -0000 Received: from zero.zsh.org (2a02:898:31:0:48:4558:7a:7368) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 19 Nov 2022 19:51:34 -0000 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:Cc:To:From:Date:References:In-Reply-To:Message-Id: Mime-Version:Reply-To:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From: Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID; bh=2IXfpg0y2pmRC24W5TWBi7M/VEkbunEECOWtViB7c20=; b=f/y4b022FSxWbm1rwLqEp/q7T1 z2Qh4sjXnJUll1oChsKbXgN8GmHsU/z5BLosP8gCkWrnbVvzdm3cuFc+d6SzINqDeQMHRay8ip8zd 1s11g8EssQYmXPNJk130c3oqjU9sXyf9Gx7dicM+G7B2BwKcQeh91kztlVY93qz/92Hz4GJTr6FHj 7RtZAoNkFr5rBBvV5X8BRV1rLW3S0YEFy2pawW2Rp5nZxmXHP+xkdsK7h5LE0brrnKVgmDUvtbqDG zPa95jbA19fjCWbwAD8KKWYUX4n60pfDC10NKYr9MHCdNKTUqMAuT4JJgnRyYqzAxstUKdPOZWZvK zac3V02g==; Received: by zero.zsh.org with local id 1owTsD-000FBO-8q; Sat, 19 Nov 2022 19:51:33 +0000 Received: by zero.zsh.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) id 1owTrf-000ESa-KV; Sat, 19 Nov 2022 19:50:59 +0000 Received: from compute2.internal (compute2.nyi.internal [10.202.2.46]) by mailauth.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0D95027C0054; Sat, 19 Nov 2022 14:50:57 -0500 (EST) Received: from imap48 ([10.202.2.98]) by compute2.internal (MEProxy); Sat, 19 Nov 2022 14:50:57 -0500 X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedvgedrhedvgddufeefucetufdoteggodetrfdotf fvucfrrhhofhhilhgvmecuhfgrshhtofgrihhlpdfqfgfvpdfurfetoffkrfgpnffqhgen uceurghilhhouhhtmecufedttdenucesvcftvggtihhpihgvnhhtshculddquddttddmne cujfgurhepofgfggfkjghffffhvfevufgtgfesthhqredtreerjeenucfhrhhomhepnfgr fihrvghntggvucggvghljoiiqhhuvgiiuceolhgrrhhrhihvseiishhhrdhorhhgqeenuc ggtffrrghtthgvrhhnpeehgeeiudeigedvvdffvdegfeduudfgtedvtedttdefuddtjeev gfejgfevteehudenucevlhhushhtvghrufhiiigvpedtnecurfgrrhgrmhepmhgrihhlfh hrohhmpehlrghrrhihvhdomhgvshhmthhprghuthhhphgvrhhsohhnrghlihhthidquddu hedukeejjedtgedqudduledvjeefkeehqdhlrghrrhihvheppeiishhhrdhorhhgsehfrg hsthhmrghilhdrtghomh X-ME-Proxy: Feedback-ID: iaa214773:Fastmail Received: by mailuser.nyi.internal (Postfix, from userid 501) id D8BA631A0063; Sat, 19 Nov 2022 14:50:56 -0500 (EST) X-Mailer: MessagingEngine.com Webmail Interface User-Agent: Cyrus-JMAP/3.7.0-alpha0-1115-g8b801eadce-fm-20221102.001-g8b801ead Mime-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <3fa3f7ff-1733-4730-a62f-dd0e138c3b72@app.fastmail.com> In-Reply-To: <352823cc-954a-fa79-d830-d69d593b1c02@eastlink.ca> References: <20221119164852.hwujmufa6hn5lotr@chazelas.org> <352823cc-954a-fa79-d830-d69d593b1c02@eastlink.ca> Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2022 14:50:35 -0500 From: =?UTF-8?Q?Lawrence_Vel=C3=A1zquez?= To: "Ray Andrews" Cc: zsh-users@zsh.org Subject: Re: why is eval needed? Content-Type: text/plain;charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Seq: 28417 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 Sat, Nov 19, 2022, at 2:12 PM, Ray Andrews wrote: > =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 Excellent.=C2=A0 Yes, that's understandable.=C2=A0= Main thing is to realize=20 > that 'tree' want's two arguments there, not the intuitive single argum= ent. A "single argument" is not intuitive at all. You would not run tree '-L 2' or tree -L\ 2 so it does not make any sense to think that "tree" wants a single argument there. --=20 vq