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From: Bart Schaefer <schaefer@brasslantern.com>
To: Ray Andrews <rayandrews@eastlink.ca>
Cc: zsh-users@zsh.org
Subject: Re: path PATH
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2023 09:50:12 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAH+w=7bQWxN1noOSA4se7eSdLOVFuc6z4OHOXBeb_hy0UFwJhg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <a313b4cd-6b7b-9d11-a92f-de1d2cedda98@eastlink.ca>

On Mon, Jan 30, 2023 at 7:57 AM Ray Andrews <rayandrews@eastlink.ca> wrote:
>
> Ha!  I tried everything but the simplest thing.  But that begs the
> question of what 'hideval' really achieves if in fact it's not hidden at
> all.

hideval was introduced as an internal attribute to avoid having the
large/hard-to-read contents of module-provided arrays (like $aliases,
$parameters and especially $functions) spewed out in a wall of text
when the user was not expecting it.

Later, someone else said this would be useful for situations like
global variables used to cache data across function invocations, where
the user doesn't need to know the details of the function
implementation -- so -H was added to typeset.

In short, you shouldn't use it yourself unless you have a known
reason, and if somebody else used it, it means they don't want you to
be nosy.


  parent reply	other threads:[~2023-01-30 17:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 119+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-01-20 21:57 Ray Andrews
2023-01-20 22:20 ` Bart Schaefer
2023-01-21  2:23   ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-21  6:11     ` Lawrence Velázquez
2023-01-21 15:18       ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-21 15:25         ` Roman Perepelitsa
2023-01-21 16:21           ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-21 16:38             ` Roman Perepelitsa
2023-01-21 16:54               ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-21 17:01                 ` Roman Perepelitsa
2023-01-21 18:53                   ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-21 19:09                     ` Roman Perepelitsa
2023-01-21 20:50                       ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-21 21:11                         ` Roman Perepelitsa
2023-01-21 20:19                     ` Bart Schaefer
2023-01-21 20:26                       ` env arrays (was: Re: path PATH) zeurkous
2023-01-22 17:28                         ` Bart Schaefer
2023-01-21 21:03                       ` path PATH Ray Andrews
2023-01-21 21:52                         ` Lawrence Velázquez
2023-01-22  0:42                           ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-22 12:29                             ` Roman Perepelitsa
2023-01-22 14:17                               ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-22 16:15                                 ` Bart Schaefer
2023-01-22 17:23                                   ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-22 19:20                               ` Bart Schaefer
2023-01-22 19:31                                 ` Roman Perepelitsa
2023-01-22 19:51                                   ` Bart Schaefer
2023-01-22 19:56                                     ` Roman Perepelitsa
2023-01-22 20:03                                       ` Bart Schaefer
2023-01-22 21:56                                         ` Bart Schaefer
2023-01-22 22:02                                           ` Roman Perepelitsa
2023-01-22 22:27                                             ` Bart Schaefer
2023-01-22 23:03                                           ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-22 20:12                                       ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-22 21:11                                         ` Bart Schaefer
2023-01-22 22:44                                           ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-22 23:35                                             ` Lawrence Velázquez
2023-01-22 23:58                                               ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-23  0:49                                                 ` Lawrence Velázquez
2023-01-23  1:33                                                   ` Bart Schaefer
2023-01-23  1:49                                                     ` Lawrence Velázquez
2023-01-23  1:11                                             ` Bart Schaefer
2023-01-23  1:56                                               ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-23  2:59                                                 ` Lawrence Velázquez
2023-01-23  3:47                                                   ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-23 10:37                                             ` Roman Perepelitsa
2023-01-23 15:28                                               ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-23 15:40                                                 ` zeurkous
2023-01-23 16:02                                                   ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-23 16:25                                                     ` zeurkous
2023-01-23 16:26                                               ` Bart Schaefer
2023-01-24 20:00                                     ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-24 20:42                                       ` Bart Schaefer
2023-01-24 20:50                                         ` Bart Schaefer
2023-01-24 20:54                                         ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-24 23:28                                     ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-24 23:42                                       ` Bart Schaefer
2023-01-25  0:14                                         ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-25 16:38                                           ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-25 16:43                                             ` Roman Perepelitsa
2023-01-25 16:56                                               ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-25 17:02                                                 ` Roman Perepelitsa
2023-01-25 17:34                                                   ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-25 17:37                                                     ` Roman Perepelitsa
2023-01-25 18:26                                                       ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-25 18:34                                                         ` Roman Perepelitsa
2023-01-25 19:00                                                           ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-26  2:13                                                           ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-26  2:37                                                             ` Bart Schaefer
2023-01-26  4:27                                                               ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-26 20:26                                                                 ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-26 20:29                                                                   ` Roman Perepelitsa
2023-01-26 20:59                                                                     ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-26 21:17                                                                       ` Bart Schaefer
2023-01-26 21:41                                                                       ` Bart Schaefer
2023-01-26 21:44                                                                         ` Bart Schaefer
2023-01-26 22:36                                                                           ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-26 22:43                                                                             ` Bart Schaefer
2023-01-27  0:19                                                                               ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-27  3:36                                                                                 ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-27 17:51                                                                                 ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-27 20:45                                                                                   ` Bart Schaefer
2023-01-27 21:09                                                                                     ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-27 23:45                                                                                       ` scowles
2023-01-28  0:12                                                                                         ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-28  3:47                                                                                           ` Bart Schaefer
2023-01-28 16:42                                                                                             ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-28 22:51                                                                                               ` Bart Schaefer
2023-01-29  2:30                                                                                                 ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-29  3:03                                                                                                   ` Bart Schaefer
2023-01-29  3:44                                                                                                     ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-29  4:35                                                                                                       ` Bart Schaefer
2023-01-29 15:54                                                                                                         ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-29 21:21                                                                                                           ` Lawrence Velázquez
2023-01-29 22:33                                                                                                             ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-29 22:42                                                                                                               ` Lawrence Velázquez
2023-01-30  0:42                                                                                                                 ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-30  0:46                                                                                                                   ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-30  4:41                                                                                                                 ` Bart Schaefer
2023-01-30  5:16                                                                                                                   ` Lawrence Velázquez
2023-01-30  6:55                                                                                                                     ` Bart Schaefer
2023-01-30 14:40                                                                                                                   ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-30 14:55                                                                                                                     ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-30 14:56                                                                                                                     ` Roman Perepelitsa
2023-01-30 15:56                                                                                                                       ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-30 16:09                                                                                                                         ` Roman Perepelitsa
2023-01-30 16:24                                                                                                                           ` Bart Schaefer
2023-01-30 16:34                                                                                                                             ` Roman Perepelitsa
2023-01-30 23:05                                                                                                                           ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-30 17:50                                                                                                                         ` Bart Schaefer [this message]
2023-01-31  0:42                                                                                                                           ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-26 22:18                                                                         ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-25 22:18                                                   ` Bart Schaefer
2023-01-25 23:10                                                     ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-25 23:19                                                       ` Bart Schaefer
2023-01-26  0:55                                                         ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-22 19:52                                 ` Ray Andrews
2023-01-21 16:48             ` Bart Schaefer
2023-01-21  5:47 ` Lawrence Velázquez

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