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Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 16:57:24 +0200 (MET DST)
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From: Sven Wischnowsky <wischnow@informatik.hu-berlin.de>
To: zsh-workers@sunsite.auc.dk
In-reply-to: Peter Stephenson's message of Mon, 15 May 2000 11:01:24 +0100
Subject: PATCH: Re: ${-str}


Peter Stephenson wrote:

> Sven wrote: 
> > Geoff Wing wrote:
> > > :serein% print -lr ${-str}
> > > :569XZfims
> > > % setopt norcs; echo ${-}
> > > 569XZfims
> > 
> > Yep. The same as for the other special parameters (`${$foo}').
> > Shouldn't we change this to be an error? Or do we really need this for 
> > compatibility?
> 
> I think this should be an error.  This was never documented behaviour and
> most forms of bad parameter syntax produce complaints.

Hope I haven't missed a special (and allowed) character...

This is done quite lately to be able to catch `${foo[1][2]xxx}'. It
doesn't catch `${}', but since `${:-...}' is valid, that's probably ok.

The other hunks avoid a `unused variable' warning.

Bye
 Sven

Index: Src/subst.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/zsh/zsh/Src/subst.c,v
retrieving revision 1.4
diff -u -r1.4 subst.c
--- Src/subst.c	2000/05/08 08:58:37	1.4
+++ Src/subst.c	2000/05/15 14:56:35
@@ -1230,6 +1230,15 @@
 	if (!inbrace)
 	    break;
     }
+    if (inbrace &&
+	(c = *s) != '-' && c != '+' && c != ':' && c != '%'  && c != '/' &&
+	c != '=' && c != Equals &&
+	c != '#' && c != Pound &&
+	c != '?' && c != Quest &&
+	c != '}' && c != Outbrace) {
+	zerr("bad substitution", NULL, 0);
+	return NULL;
+    }
     if (isarr) {
 	if (nojoin)
 	    isarr = -1;
@@ -1463,9 +1472,6 @@
 		}
 	    }
 	    {
-		char t = s[-1];
-
-		singsub(&s);
 #if 0
 		/*
 		 * This allows # and % to be at the start of
@@ -1473,6 +1479,11 @@
 		 * a bit nasty, and can be done (although
 		 * less efficiently) with anchors.
 		 */
+
+		char t = s[-1];
+
+		singsub(&s);
+
 		if (t == '/' && (flags & SUB_SUBSTR)) {
 		    if ((c = *s) == '#' || c == '%') {
 			flags &= ~SUB_SUBSTR;
@@ -1483,6 +1494,8 @@
 			s++;
 		    }
 		}
+#else
+		singsub(&s);
 #endif
 	    }
 

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Sven Wischnowsky                         wischnow@informatik.hu-berlin.de