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From: Zoltan Hidvegi <hzoli@cs.elte.hu>
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Subject: Re: New zed and refresh bug
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Date: Sun, 4 Aug 1996 02:42:01 +0200 (MET DST)
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> On Jul 29,  4:21pm, Zoltan Hidvegi wrote:
> } Subject: Re: New zed and refresh bug
> }
> } I's even simpler.  Since TMOUT is not special now, the patch below works.
> } Note that integer makes TMOUT local.
> 
> Yes; WHY???  This seems completely counterintuitive to me.

typeset creates local variables as in ksh.  integer is typeset -i.
I do not think it is counterintuitive.  ingeger bevaves similarily to
a local variable declaration in C.

Zoltan