From: Sven Wischnowsky <wischnow@informatik.hu-berlin.de>
To: zsh-workers@sunsite.auc.dk
Subject: Re: core dumps with (( #\... ))
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 15:04:26 +0200 (MET DST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <199909231304.PAA24601@beta.informatik.hu-berlin.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Peter Stephenson's message of Thu, 23 Sep 1999 14:10:43 +0200
Peter Stephenson wrote:
> Yes, except that the supposed syntax, which is #\ followed by some key
> string such as \M-/, doesn't work because the \\ is turned into a single \
> by double quoting rules, so actually you need #\\\M-/, which is rather
> unfortunate. Maybe the syntax should have been ## for a key string, then
> both the errors which led to uncovering the bug would be less likely.
Oh, stupid me... good idea.
> Should I change it but keep \ for backward compatibility?
That would be kind.
Bye
Sven
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Sven Wischnowsky wischnow@informatik.hu-berlin.de
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1999-09-23 13:04 Sven Wischnowsky [this message]
1999-09-23 13:48 ` Peter Stephenson
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1999-09-23 11:18 Adam Spiers
1999-09-23 12:10 ` Peter Stephenson
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