From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 15913 invoked from network); 10 May 2005 04:08:47 -0000 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 10 May 2005 04:08:47 -0000 Received: (qmail 99441 invoked from network); 10 May 2005 04:08:41 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 10 May 2005 04:08:41 -0000 Received: (qmail 18786 invoked by alias); 10 May 2005 04:08:39 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-workers-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 21247 Received: (qmail 18776 invoked from network); 10 May 2005 04:08:39 -0000 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by sunsite.dk with SMTP; 10 May 2005 04:08:39 -0000 Received: (qmail 99129 invoked from network); 10 May 2005 04:08:39 -0000 Received: from vms042pub.verizon.net (206.46.252.42) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 10 May 2005 04:08:35 -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 <0IG900HHRA5V0S8A@vms042.mailsrvcs.net> for zsh-workers@sunsite.dk; Mon, 09 May 2005 23:08:20 -0500 (CDT) 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 j4A48IYX014508; Mon, 09 May 2005 21:08:18 -0700 Received: (from schaefer@localhost) by candle.brasslantern.com (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id j4A48I1p014507; Mon, 09 May 2005 21:08:18 -0700 Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 04:08:17 +0000 From: Bart Schaefer Subject: Re: 8-bit parameter names? In-reply-to: <200505091749.j49HnDaJ013183@news01.csr.com> To: Peter Stephenson , zsh-workers@sunsite.dk Message-id: <1050510040817.ZM14506@candle.brasslantern.com> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Z-Mail (5.0.0 30July97) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii References: <1050509172451.ZM11220@candle.brasslantern.com> <200505091749.j49HnDaJ013183@news01.csr.com> Comments: In reply to Peter Stephenson "Re: 8-bit parameter names?" (May 9, 6:49pm) 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 On May 9, 6:49pm, Peter Stephenson wrote: } } I don't know what characters you can have in user names, but it's only } used to test what follows a ~. Ah, well, that's probably how it got in there, then. I'm sure there are usernames with non-ascii characters in non-English-speaking countries. Unfortunate side-effect that it also affects variable names. } iword needs redoing completely for Unicode anyway; we need to base it } on WORDCHARS plus isalnum() or iswalnum While you're at it, keep in mind that it'd be nice to be able to parse a dot as a valid parameter name character, but only within ${ } braces. Ksh namespace syntax and all that.