Re: requests

["Bart Schaefer" <schaefer@candle.brasslantern.com>]

On Apr 16,  4:06pm, Bart Schaefer wrote:
} Subject: (Fwd) Re: requests
}
} } 1. in ${param[(r)$anotherparam]} the result of $anotherparam
} } is always treated as a pattern, it would be nice if one could use
} } $~anotherparam for this.
} 
} One can get the desired effect by using ${param[(r)${(q)anotherparam}]},
} but (another inconsistency) this works for arrays but fails for string
} subscription on scalars.  That's clearly a bug.

I have a fix for that now, too.  It failed only when the `*' was the last
character in $anotherparam, because the code that checked for whether to
append a `*' to the pattern failed to check that the next-to-last character
might be a backslash.

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