From: "Bart Schaefer" <schaefer@candle.brasslantern.com>
To: Zefram <zefram@fysh.org>
Cc: zsh-workers@sunsite.auc.dk
Subject: Re: FPATH/autoload still strange in -dev-21
Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2000 16:42:11 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1000406164211.ZM16541@candle.brasslantern.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E12dEeA-0000e6-00@crucigera.fysh.org>
On Apr 6, 4:56pm, Zefram wrote:
} Subject: Re: FPATH/autoload still strange in -dev-21
}
} Bart Schaefer wrote:
} >} Make `2>& <non-number>' be silently treated like `2> <non-number>'?
} >
} >I'd vote for that anyway.
}
} I wouldn't. At the moment it's perfectly clear: &> does two redirections.
} [...] The expected behaviour of "2>& foo" is to put two copies of
} stderr into the file [...]
Hmm. "2>& foo" does indeed do so, but "2&> foo" only makes one copy. Is
that also expected?
} You're talking about adding an exception, which really *will* confuse
} people.
I don't feel especially strongly about it either way, but why would
anyone reasonably expect to get two dups of the same descriptor from a
single redirection operator?
--
Bart Schaefer Brass Lantern Enterprises
http://www.well.com/user/barts http://www.brasslantern.com
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2000-04-06 16:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2000-04-06 8:18 Sven Wischnowsky
2000-04-06 9:51 ` Bart Schaefer
2000-04-06 15:56 ` Zefram
2000-04-06 16:42 ` Bart Schaefer [this message]
2000-04-06 17:21 ` Zefram
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2000-04-06 10:49 Sven Wischnowsky
2000-04-05 8:03 Sven Wischnowsky
2000-04-05 5:09 Bart Schaefer
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