From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 15599 invoked from network); 10 Aug 2004 14:42:02 -0000 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 10 Aug 2004 14:42:02 -0000 Received: (qmail 14745 invoked from network); 10 Aug 2004 14:41:56 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 10 Aug 2004 14:41:56 -0000 Received: (qmail 27233 invoked by alias); 10 Aug 2004 14:41:43 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-workers-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 20253 Received: (qmail 27224 invoked from network); 10 Aug 2004 14:41:42 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by 130.225.247.90 with SMTP; 10 Aug 2004 14:41:42 -0000 Received: (qmail 13522 invoked from network); 10 Aug 2004 14:39:44 -0000 Received: from acolyte.scowler.net (216.254.112.45) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 10 Aug 2004 14:39:43 -0000 Received: by acolyte.scowler.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 055D27004E; Tue, 10 Aug 2004 10:39:40 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 10:39:40 -0400 From: Clint Adams To: Peter Stephenson Cc: Zsh hackers list Subject: Re: PATCH: truncation warning Message-ID: <20040810143940.GA8899@scowler.net> References: <200408091737.i79HbBrh013524@news01.csr.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200408091737.i79HbBrh013524@news01.csr.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040722i X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 on a.mx.sunsite.dk X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.0 required=6.0 tests=BAYES_40 autolearn=no version=2.63 X-Spam-Hits: -0.0 > This doesn't fix the problem to do with the inconsistent sizes of > parameters and internal variables, but how does everybody feel about > truncating a string converted to a number if necessary and warning when > that happens? That seems reasonable; definitely so in interactive mode.