From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 2286 invoked from network); 11 Dec 1998 08:10:34 -0000 Received: from math.gatech.edu (list@130.207.146.50) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 11 Dec 1998 08:10:34 -0000 Received: (from list@localhost) by math.gatech.edu (8.9.1/8.9.1) id DAA01461; Fri, 11 Dec 1998 03:09:38 -0500 (EST) Resent-Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1998 03:09:38 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1998 09:07:53 +0100 (MET) Message-Id: <199812110807.JAA06872@beta.informatik.hu-berlin.de> From: Sven Wischnowsky To: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu In-reply-to: Peter Stephenson's message of Thu, 10 Dec 1998 16:52:52 +0100 Subject: Re: Strange substring search behaviour Resent-Message-ID: <"UKNMH1.0.mM.2DDSs"@math> Resent-From: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/4746 X-Loop: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu Precedence: list Resent-Sender: zsh-workers-request@math.gatech.edu Peter Stephenson wrote: > I'd quite like to rewrite the whole thing the way my original > inclinations told me. Any comments? In other words, does anyone > think they or anyone else is expecting to find the globally shortest > match first? Should I ask for a vote on zsh-users? I think changing it would be a good idea (even though I guess it was me who wrote the code with the strange behavior -- on the other side, it just does what it was told ;-). Bye Sven -- Sven Wischnowsky wischnow@informatik.hu-berlin.de