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Linux x86_64; rv:102.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/102.6.0 Subject: Re: path PATH Content-language: en-US To: zsh-users@zsh.org References: <0dc71450-d082-93da-52f8-d4e6b97199af@eastlink.ca> <9b64443d-2d97-a4d9-0028-4b950c319c1a@eastlink.ca> <2f2c3ae4-ca4e-8101-5934-9eb493ff61cd@eastlink.ca> <30292878-d596-75cb-8dc3-f64f9b82a44d@eastlink.ca> From: Ray Andrews In-reply-to: Content-type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 8bit X-Seq: 28824 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 2023-01-26 14:43, Bart Schaefer wrote: > > This is true. A scalar is anything that substitutes only a single > value, as distinct from an array that substitutes multiple values. Now that you mention it, that's logical.  Mind, then we need a word for a 'plain' scalar, vs. say in integer.    Yeah, I see the point.   Mind, in practice context pretty much makes the meaning clear.   OTOH, for a C coder the ambiguity of shell data types is disturbing, but I guess that's the way it always has been and always will be.  I still find myself 'declaring' all my variables even if I don't have to.