From: P.Stephenson@swansea.ac.uk
To: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu (Zsh hackers list)
Subject: Re: -M option for limit
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 96 08:51:47 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <12538.9601100851@pyro.swan.ac.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: "A.Main@dcs.warwick.ac.uk"'s message of "Mon, 08 Jan 96 17:39:40 GMT." <21002.199601081739@stone.dcs.warwick.ac.uk>
A.Main@dcs.warwick.ac.uk wrote:
> I think the limit syntax would be much more consistent if it were
> changed from "limit resource value" to "limit resource=value". This
> would allow arbitrary mixtures of setting and examining resource
> limits, as is already possible with things like typeset and alias. The
> limit builtin is rather well-established, though, so if it's going to
> be changed it really can't be delayed. Any opinions?
I think this would be an unnecessary incompatibility.
--
Peter Stephenson <pws@ifh.de> Tel: +49 33762 77366
WWW: http://www.ifh.de/~pws/ Fax: +49 33762 77330
Deutches Electronen-Synchrotron --- Institut fuer Hochenergiephysik Zeuthen
DESY-IfH, 15735 Zeuthen, Germany.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~1996-01-10 9:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1996-01-08 17:39 Zefram
1996-01-10 8:51 ` P.Stephenson [this message]
1996-01-10 9:28 ` Zefram
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