From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 24710 invoked from network); 8 Mar 2004 22:20:11 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 8 Mar 2004 22:20:11 -0000 Received: (qmail 3490 invoked by alias); 8 Mar 2004 22:20:02 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-workers-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 19570 Received: (qmail 3472 invoked from network); 8 Mar 2004 22:20:02 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO sunsite.dk) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 8 Mar 2004 22:20:02 -0000 X-MessageWall-Score: 0 (sunsite.dk) Received: from [4.11.9.147] by sunsite.dk (MessageWall 1.0.8) with SMTP; 8 Mar 2004 22:20:1 -0000 Received: (from schaefer@localhost) by candle.brasslantern.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) id i28MJx214000; Mon, 8 Mar 2004 14:19:59 -0800 X-Authentication-Warning: candle.brasslantern.com: schaefer set sender to schaefer@closedmail.com using -f From: Bart Schaefer Message-Id: <1040308221959.ZM13999@candle.brasslantern.com> Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2004 22:19:59 +0000 In-Reply-To: <20040308152325.GB9385@scowler.net> Comments: In reply to Clint Adams "[frederik@ugcs.caltech.edu: Bug#236748: zsh: associative array documentation reference broken]" (Mar 8, 10:23am) References: <20040308152325.GB9385@scowler.net> X-Mailer: Z-Mail (5.0.0 30July97) To: zsh-workers@sunsite.dk Subject: Re: [frederik@ugcs.caltech.edu: Bug#236748: zsh: associative array documentation reference broken] Cc: 236748-forwarded@bugs.debian.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Mar 8, 10:23am, Clint Adams wrote: } } For associative arrays, `[*]' or `[@]' evaluate to all the values } (not the keys, but see Subscript Flags below), in no particular } order. } } There is nothing relevant to this syntax under Subscript Flags. Yes, there is. The k, K, and e subscript flags all affect the intepretation of * and @. It's true that [(K)*] is nearly the same as [*], but [(k)*] is quite different, as both [(k)@] and [(K)@] are from [@]. } For associative arrays, `[*]' or `[@]' evaluate to all the values } (not the keys, but see the documentation for the 'k' flag under } Parameter Expansion Flags in zshexpn(1)), in no particular order. No, this is NOT what it should say, or at least not ALL that it should say.