From: "Bart Schaefer" <schaefer@candle.brasslantern.com>
To: Andrej Borsenkow <Andrej.Borsenkow@mow.siemens.ru>
Cc: Zsh hackers list <zsh-workers@sunsite.dk>
Subject: Re: PATCH: 4.1: multi-parameter for loop
Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 18:20:39 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1010620182039.ZM9059@candle.brasslantern.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SV4.4.33.0106202158430.26619-100000@itsrm2.mow.siemens.ru>
On Jun 20, 10:01pm, Andrej Borsenkow wrote:
} Subject: Re: PATCH: 4.1: multi-parameter for loop
}
} On Wed, 20 Jun 2001, Peter Stephenson wrote:
}
} > This extends the for syntax to take multiple parameters after it
}
} This for sure is incompatible with POSIX and all known shells. It
} does not make legal scripts fail, but it makes illegal scripts legal.
} Should we care about it?
In general we've taken the position that this is OK. Consider the
"foreach" form, or "if [[ test ]] { command }", etc.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-06-20 18:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-06-20 14:45 Peter Stephenson
2001-06-20 16:11 ` Peter Stephenson
2001-06-20 18:01 ` Andrej Borsenkow
2001-06-20 18:20 ` Bart Schaefer [this message]
2001-06-20 18:39 ` Peter Stephenson
2001-06-20 18:55 ` Bart Schaefer
2001-06-20 19:12 ` Peter Stephenson
2001-06-20 22:56 ` Danek Duvall
2001-06-21 7:19 ` Andrej Borsenkow
2001-06-21 9:52 ` Peter Stephenson
2001-06-21 10:34 ` PATCH (redux): POSIX `for' syntax Bart Schaefer
2001-06-21 15:31 ` PATCH (redux): non-POSIX " Peter Stephenson
2001-06-25 16:05 ` Peter Stephenson
2001-06-21 9:55 ` PATCH: POSIX " Bart Schaefer
2001-06-22 6:29 ` PATCH: test case for " Andrej Borsenkow
2001-06-22 23:49 ` PATCH: 4.1: multi-parameter for loop Zefram
2001-06-23 0:04 ` Bart Schaefer
2001-06-21 8:33 ` Sven Wischnowsky
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