From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 25040 invoked from network); 20 May 2006 19:58:37 -0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.1 (2006-03-10) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FORGED_RCVD_HELO autolearn=ham version=3.1.1 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 20 May 2006 19:58:37 -0000 Received: (qmail 67127 invoked from network); 20 May 2006 19:58:27 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 20 May 2006 19:58:27 -0000 Received: (qmail 6578 invoked by alias); 20 May 2006 19:58:21 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 10285 Received: (qmail 6568 invoked from network); 20 May 2006 19:58:20 -0000 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by sunsite.dk with SMTP; 20 May 2006 19:58:20 -0000 Received: (qmail 66112 invoked from network); 20 May 2006 19:58:20 -0000 Received: from snaefell.rhi.hi.is (130.208.165.28) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 20 May 2006 19:58:20 -0000 Received: from jin.myrkraverk.com (a048.nemendur.hi.is [130.208.188.48]) by snaefell.rhi.hi.is (8.13.6/8.13.3) with ESMTP id k4KJwF72027826 for ; Sat, 20 May 2006 19:58:16 GMT Received: from jin.myrkraverk.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by jin.myrkraverk.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id k4KKIIGm016368 for ; Sat, 20 May 2006 20:18:18 GMT Received: (from myrkraverk@localhost) by jin.myrkraverk.com (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id k4KKIIKA016367; Sat, 20 May 2006 20:18:18 GMT X-Authentication-Warning: jin.myrkraverk.com: myrkraverk set sender to johann@myrkraverk.com using -f To: zsh-users@sunsite.dk Subject: Brace expansion from arrays? From: "Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson" Date: Sat, 20 May 2006 20:18:18 +0000 Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) XEmacs/21.4 (Security Through Obscurity, linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hi, Out of sheer curiosity, I was wondering if it was possible to brace expand {stuff,to,expand}to from arrays too, that is a=(stuff to expand) print {$a}to would output "stuffto toto expandto" Prelimanary man page grepping and testing indicated: no. So, is there a way to get the same effects from array expansion? And, would automagic brace expansion from arrays be 1) useful and 2) hard to implement? Johann -- johann myrkraverk com (you know the drill with the @ and .) I classify Outlook mail as spam, use something else.