From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 8753 invoked by alias); 9 Nov 2010 17:22:41 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-workers-help@zsh.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes List-Id: Zsh Workers List List-Post: List-Help: X-Seq: 28398 Received: (qmail 20233 invoked from network); 9 Nov 2010 17:22:40 -0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 Received-SPF: none (ns1.primenet.com.au: domain at closedmail.com does not designate permitted sender hosts) From: Bart Schaefer Message-id: <101109092225.ZM5090@torch.brasslantern.com> Date: Tue, 09 Nov 2010 09:22:25 -0800 X-Mailer: OpenZMail Classic (0.9.2 24April2005) To: zsh-workers@zsh.org Subject: Austin-Group discussion of semantics of export, local, etc. MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Someone who can post to the austin-group list [*] might want to jump in on this discussion. It started with whether export foo=bar should treat foo=bar as an "assignment context" rather than an "argument context" (zsh currently does the latter) but now has morphed into whether "local" variables have static or dynamic scoping (Korn is arguing for standardizing on static, but zsh implements dynamic and relies heavily on it for the completion function suite). [*] They've somehow confused my address and effectively rendered me a read-only participant by not recognizing the origin of any mail I send.