From: Bart Schaefer <schaefer@brasslantern.com>
To: zsh-workers@zsh.org (Zsh hackers list)
Subject: Re: PATCH: bash-style substrings & subarrays
Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2010 12:11:56 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <101121121158.ZM400@torch.brasslantern.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201011211702.oALH2ci6003141@pws-pc.ntlworld.com>
On Nov 21, 5:02pm, Peter Stephenson wrote:
}
} If KSH_ARRAYS is not set, lots of aspects of arrays don't work in a
} fashion consistent with other shells, so the fact that one feature you
} chanced upon does so, doesn't help you write scripts properly. If you
} want proper compatibility you need a full emulation.
That would seem to me to be an argument for making the feature
unavailable when not emulating, rather than for providing it but with
zsh-specific semantics.
Akin to how @(...) or +(...) have no special meaning without KSH_GLOB.
Speaking of full emulation, has anyone looked at ksh's "typeset -T" ?
http://www2.research.att.com/~gsf/man/man1/ksh-man.html#Variable%20Assignments
http://www2.research.att.com/~gsf/man/man1/ksh-man.html#Type%20Variables
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-11-21 20:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-11-17 16:54 Peter Stephenson
2010-11-18 12:44 ` Peter Stephenson
2010-11-19 18:01 ` Bart Schaefer
2010-11-20 21:15 ` Peter Stephenson
2010-11-21 6:34 ` Bart Schaefer
2010-11-21 17:02 ` Peter Stephenson
2010-11-21 20:11 ` Bart Schaefer [this message]
2010-11-21 20:51 ` Greg Klanderman
2010-11-23 11:14 ` Peter Stephenson
2010-11-25 10:35 ` Peter Stephenson
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