From: Peter Stephenson <p.w.stephenson@ntlworld.com>
To: Zsh hackers list <zsh-workers@zsh.org>
Subject: Re: New problem with ERR_RETURN ?
Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2022 16:53:07 +0000 (GMT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1294443392.2122422.1670431987664@mail.virginmedia.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAGdYchvWXmsLZ_ohhdZsqy=1tTR2R25uHKi=vuqNu9uMA7MP=Q@mail.gmail.com>
> On 07/12/2022 16:41 Philippe Altherr <philippe.altherr@gmail.com> wrote:
> I don't think there is a problem. At least not a new problem because Zsh 5.8 and Zsh dev behave the same way.
>
> Note that if you replace the body of "f" with just "false" you get the same results.
Yes, you're correct. We should probably document this somehow.
pws
diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/options.yo b/Doc/Zsh/options.yo
index 445052617..dbaab08f4 100644
--- a/Doc/Zsh/options.yo
+++ b/Doc/Zsh/options.yo
@@ -1744,6 +1744,12 @@ Exiting due to tt(ERR_EXIT) has certain interactions with asynchronous
jobs noted in
ifzman(the section JOBS in zmanref(zshmisc))\
ifnzman(noderef(Jobs & Signals)).
+
+It should also be noted that this option forces an immediate
+return to the command prompt when the non-zero status occurs
+in a sequence of commands typed on the command line. In other
+words, the sequence of commands typed by the user may be
+thought of as a script for this purpose.
)
pindex(ERR_RETURN)
pindex(NO_ERR_RETURN)
@@ -1772,6 +1778,9 @@ function, code inside it is considered separately: it may force a return
from tt(summit) (assuming the option remains set within tt(summit)), but
not from the enclosing context. This behaviour is different from
tt(ERR_EXIT) which is unaffected by function scope.
+
+Like tt(ERR_EXIT), this option forces an immediate return to the
+command prompt in interactive shells.
)
pindex(EVAL_LINENO)
pindex(NO_EVAL_LINENO)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-12-07 16:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-12-07 16:17 Bart Schaefer
2022-12-07 16:37 ` Peter Stephenson
2022-12-07 16:41 ` Philippe Altherr
2022-12-07 16:53 ` Peter Stephenson [this message]
2022-12-07 17:02 ` Bart Schaefer
2022-12-07 17:07 ` Peter Stephenson
2022-12-08 6:05 ` Lawrence Velázquez
2022-12-08 9:24 ` Peter Stephenson
2022-12-07 16:58 ` Bart Schaefer
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