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From: "Zefram" <zefram@tao.co.uk>
To: schaefer@brasslantern.com (Bart Schaefer)
Cc: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu
Subject: Re: sorting/uniq-ing an array?
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 17:32:55 +0100 (BST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <199808101632.RAA32056@diamond.tao.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <980810085553.ZM27103@candle.brasslantern.com> from "Bart Schaefer" at Aug 10, 98 08:55:53 am

Bart Schaefer wrote:
>Is there any difference (internally) between a plain array variable and
>a colon-array, other than the set/get functions?

Yes.  Colon-separated `arrays' are actually scalars.  Except for PATH,
MANPATH, et al, which are actually scalars reflecting the contents of
the true array variables path, manpath, et al.

-zefram


  parent reply	other threads:[~1998-08-10 16:52 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
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     [not found] ` <980809044123.ZM19065@candle.brasslantern.com>
     [not found]   ` <19980809123608.01170@astaroth.nit.gwu.edu>
     [not found]     ` <vbvho1xe7s.fsf@snake.isode.com>
1998-08-10 15:55       ` Bart Schaefer
1998-08-10 16:25         ` Andrej Borsenkow
1998-08-10 16:32         ` Zefram [this message]
1998-08-10 18:13           ` Bart Schaefer
1998-08-11  9:31             ` Bruce Stephens
1998-08-11 17:59               ` Bart Schaefer

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