From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 1217 invoked by alias); 2 Jul 2016 03:55:18 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-workers-help@zsh.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes List-Id: Zsh Workers List List-Post: List-Help: X-Seq: 38778 Received: (qmail 12201 invoked from network); 2 Jul 2016 03:55:18 -0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.1 (2015-04-28) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,T_DKIM_INVALID autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.1 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=brasslantern-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=from:message-id:date:in-reply-to:comments:references:to:subject :mime-version; bh=HfyMFkfBDUZMaUa+zQfAr0uS4l2A3tpEF8t55ViOLWw=; b=ITWoRyZJBya+fMfzvfZ4S0OGNglOKAMOt2e7AasUDrd4Oen/lSNe3i/zFzhcP7WuEo aB3NJF08/gG4wqdfGb7DkKBqqjRC8ypqdZpBSeuT3CzwQXEDj+Dd0ZDjCJ5dyBYnnnmX DTSh44+tv/gRidt7g7/CYxRBVXE0Z4MEB006baRGobqeCwXWoYIQJp9HEzKG5akQzSrE Op1hHo9Rr22lSNJWUfaI2vN5OWm6KZVc5Rjq0WQ2w2GtuQ6nnFDobNMTFaEW8O4LHyPF cTmWH8ACSRqs0Y7waIRJzEsmqFeRST61EfMQnsRAhvqGNd0qRhy2bhE6BGOZK8iWDpas j2Mg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:from:message-id:date:in-reply-to:comments :references:to:subject:mime-version; bh=HfyMFkfBDUZMaUa+zQfAr0uS4l2A3tpEF8t55ViOLWw=; b=mYaEq9RLY1NAX08gFzQeQkUePyWn/tsjGrJI2ALgOwxLaEOnJONkR9FRaVDRx8W8lG uiBnBlP74+WdDhJDjUfNCvIgd50uxruZjWF8pSQabEOWKhK1+9+Pd7FKOiOzyEMSrTDT oDCeKRREjBkSUYf1ex7tTtDdbOj7vN0EewrRnk8zVg1Z335hVrTfXDP2nSLe8Z2SIiWo tYZclLOBmFkj5/HZKQGBzcOEcu2jsHsWZwecEUH1973caL3mNPplCwLnacqERAxG7vEe AEJzcW0hIGMacPk5F0wCwXdJ7hvH69tCUjpuP/5wuy8uwyAN8jthonF3U53yVthAadAg Febg== X-Gm-Message-State: ALyK8tL9zh5/JHcpOwwpiJ8WKx8gml+Jyvpr70hkgDH1YcVVi2+J5Qqj2iPFLMqkfLqP7A== X-Received: by 10.98.129.130 with SMTP id t124mr2791559pfd.156.1467431716329; Fri, 01 Jul 2016 20:55:16 -0700 (PDT) From: Bart Schaefer Message-Id: <160701090529.ZM9013@torch.brasslantern.com> Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2016 09:05:29 -0700 In-Reply-To: <20160701051106.GA31422@tarsus.local2> Comments: In reply to Daniel Shahaf "Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] Fix the ':A' word modifier on paths with '..' components." (Jul 1, 5:11am) References: <20160613085218.GA9572@tarsus.local2> <1466474004-4669-1-git-send-email-danielsh@tarsus.local2> <1466474004-4669-2-git-send-email-danielsh@tarsus.local2> <20160625162807.GA9840@tarsus.local2> <20160627002031.GA20366@tarsus.local2> <160628074851.ZM26955@torch.brasslantern.com> <20160701051106.GA31422@tarsus.local2> X-Mailer: OpenZMail Classic (0.9.2 24April2005) To: zsh-workers@zsh.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] Fix the ':A' word modifier on paths with '..' components. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Jul 1, 5:11am, Daniel Shahaf wrote: } Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] Fix the ':A' word modifier on paths with '..' } } What's the use-case for the "resolve '..' before symlinks" behaviour? } } Was it an intentional design feature, or simply a documented bug? } (Honest question.) PWS will have to weigh in on that one. The use-case may simply have been the intention to make :A a superset of :a. } (Perhaps instead of a new option, a new syntax; e.g., have $foo:A retain } its meaning and $foo:A:A have the new meaning. Or make :A take an } optional argument.) Not ideal IMO because either would make :A differ from all other history modifiers in this respect. I.e. :A:A should mean to resolve to real path and then resolve to real path again, like :h:h means to chop two elements off the tail (and thus the second :A should be a no-op like repeating :t); and no other has an optional argument. However, worth considering. Sorry to just sort of leave things there. I don't have a strong objection to changing the :A default given the :a:A equivalence, and that seems the least confusing final outcome if we conclude that the likelihood of breaking scripts is small, but I would like to reach a consensus decision.