From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 7657 invoked from network); 23 Sep 1999 13:04:43 -0000 Received: from sunsite.auc.dk (130.225.51.30) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 23 Sep 1999 13:04:43 -0000 Received: (qmail 500 invoked by alias); 23 Sep 1999 13:04:34 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-workers-help@sunsite.auc.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 8027 Received: (qmail 493 invoked from network); 23 Sep 1999 13:04:33 -0000 Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 15:04:26 +0200 (MET DST) Message-Id: <199909231304.PAA24601@beta.informatik.hu-berlin.de> From: Sven Wischnowsky To: zsh-workers@sunsite.auc.dk In-reply-to: Peter Stephenson's message of Thu, 23 Sep 1999 14:10:43 +0200 Subject: Re: core dumps with (( #\... )) 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 -- Sven Wischnowsky wischnow@informatik.hu-berlin.de