From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 17704 invoked from network); 18 Mar 2005 16:02:50 -0000 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 18 Mar 2005 16:02:50 -0000 Received: (qmail 10276 invoked from network); 18 Mar 2005 16:02:44 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 18 Mar 2005 16:02:44 -0000 Received: (qmail 5598 invoked by alias); 18 Mar 2005 16:02:42 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-workers-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 21005 Received: (qmail 5587 invoked from network); 18 Mar 2005 16:02:41 -0000 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by sunsite.dk with SMTP; 18 Mar 2005 16:02:41 -0000 Received: (qmail 10025 invoked from network); 18 Mar 2005 16:02:41 -0000 Received: from vms042pub.verizon.net (206.46.252.42) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 18 Mar 2005 16:02:34 -0000 Received: from candle.brasslantern.com ([4.11.1.68]) by vms042.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2 HotFix 0.04 (built Dec 24 2004)) with ESMTPA id <0IDK00DLV1W9PJF0@vms042.mailsrvcs.net> for zsh-workers@sunsite.dk; Fri, 18 Mar 2005 10:02:34 -0600 (CST) Received: from candle.brasslantern.com (IDENT:schaefer@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by candle.brasslantern.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j2IG2V2b001349 for ; Fri, 18 Mar 2005 08:02:32 -0800 Received: (from schaefer@localhost) by candle.brasslantern.com (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id j2IG2VhR001348 for zsh-workers@sunsite.dk; Fri, 18 Mar 2005 08:02:31 -0800 Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 16:02:31 +0000 From: Bart Schaefer Subject: Re: Order of modifiers and flags in parameter expansion In-reply-to: <200503181108.j2IB82Cq008067@news01.csr.com> To: zsh-workers@sunsite.dk Message-id: <1050318160231.ZM1346@candle.brasslantern.com> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Z-Mail (5.0.0 30July97) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii References: <87ekeexiq3.fsf@lynx.bothi.fi> <200503181108.j2IB82Cq008067@news01.csr.com> Comments: In reply to Peter Stephenson "Re: Order of modifiers and flags in parameter expansion" (Mar 18, 11:08am) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.2 on a.mx.sunsite.dk X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=6.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.0.2 X-Spam-Hits: -2.6 [> zsh-workers] On Mar 18, 11:08am, Peter Stephenson wrote: } Subject: Re: Order of modifiers and flags in parameter expansion } } +item(tt(10.) em(Uniqueness))( } +item(tt(11.) em(Ordering))( That's funny. Why do it in that sequence? Seems like (a) it doesn't matter to the end result [unless there's a 10.5 that's still not documented], and (b) it would be more efficient to remove duplicates after sorting than before.