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From: DervishD <raul@pleyades.net>
To: Zsh hackers list <zsh-workers@sunsite.dk>
Subject: Re: PATCH: `try' syntax
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 12:51:31 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040615105131.GA13695@DervishD> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0406141015190.32342-100000@toltec.zanshin.com>

    Hi Bart :)

 * Bart Schaefer <schaefer@brasslantern.com> dixit:
> * How about making this work with any loop body by replacing "do" with
> "try"?  Then get rid of "try" as a standalone reserved word and instead
> use "repeat 1; try ... always ... done"

    That looks quite good to me. Makes the 'try' extension easier to
use, easier to integrate with existing scripts and a lot easier to
remember.
 
> * Rather than putting colons or some other unlikely character in front of
> the name, use plain words and start with them "disable"d, so that in order
> to use this syntax one must first "enable -r try always tried".  (This
> technique could apply to other extension syntax as well.)

    This looks good to me, too. I wouldn't disable it by default,
they shoudn't cause no harm. And if they do, how about 'ztry'?

    Raúl Núñez de Arenas Coronado

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Linux Registered User 88736
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2004-06-15 11:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-06-14 11:23 Peter Stephenson
2004-06-14 12:58 ` Oliver Kiddle
2004-06-14 13:52   ` Peter Stephenson
2004-06-14 16:55     ` Oliver Kiddle
2004-06-14 17:27       ` Peter Stephenson
2004-06-14 18:14       ` Bart Schaefer
2004-06-15 10:31         ` Oliver Kiddle
2004-06-15 10:51         ` DervishD [this message]
2004-06-15 13:33         ` Peter Stephenson
2004-06-15 20:21           ` Bart Schaefer
2004-06-16 14:33             ` Oliver Kiddle
2004-06-16 17:21               ` Bart Schaefer
2004-06-18 11:05                 ` PATCH: second go at `always' blocks Peter Stephenson

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