From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 13540 invoked from network); 28 Apr 2005 15:09:46 -0000 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 28 Apr 2005 15:09:46 -0000 Received: (qmail 12194 invoked from network); 28 Apr 2005 15:09:41 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 28 Apr 2005 15:09:41 -0000 Received: (qmail 22014 invoked by alias); 28 Apr 2005 15:09:38 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-workers-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 21209 Received: (qmail 22000 invoked from network); 28 Apr 2005 15:09:37 -0000 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by sunsite.dk with SMTP; 28 Apr 2005 15:09:37 -0000 Received: (qmail 11896 invoked from network); 28 Apr 2005 15:09:37 -0000 Received: from mailhost1.csr.com (HELO MAILSWEEPER01.csr.com) (81.105.217.43) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 28 Apr 2005 15:09:33 -0000 Received: from exchange03.csr.com (unverified [10.100.137.60]) by MAILSWEEPER01.csr.com (Content Technologies SMTPRS 4.3.12) with ESMTP id for ; Thu, 28 Apr 2005 16:07:50 +0100 Received: from news01.csr.com ([10.103.143.38]) by exchange03.csr.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6713); Thu, 28 Apr 2005 16:10:06 +0100 Received: from news01.csr.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by news01.csr.com (8.13.1/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j3SF9VI9025697 for ; Thu, 28 Apr 2005 16:09:31 +0100 Received: from csr.com (pws@localhost) by news01.csr.com (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) with ESMTP id j3SF9VUn025694 for ; Thu, 28 Apr 2005 16:09:31 +0100 Message-Id: <200504281509.j3SF9VUn025694@news01.csr.com> X-Authentication-Warning: news01.csr.com: pws owned process doing -bs To: zsh-workers@sunsite.dk (Zsh hackers list) Subject: Re: PATCH: character sets for internal zsh tests In-reply-to: <1050428145443.ZM31609@candle.brasslantern.com> References: <200504281141.j3SBfI4g019987@news01.csr.com> <1050428145443.ZM31609@candle.brasslantern.com> Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 16:09:30 +0100 From: Peter Stephenson X-OriginalArrivalTime: 28 Apr 2005 15:10:06.0586 (UTC) FILETIME=[5C8705A0:01C54C04] X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.2 on a.mx.sunsite.dk X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=6.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.0.2 X-Spam-Hits: -2.6 Bart Schaefer wrote: > Ooh, another idea: make them all-caps, e.g. [:WORD:]. That would be OK. > Given the recent austin-group discussion about how "separators" is > misused in "IFS" (they're really "internal field terminators") it may > in fact be better to avoid "sep". I'm going to end up with an essay like [:FIELDSEPARATOREXCEPTTHEYSOMETIMESGETABITPRUNED:] if I do that. Not just the variable name but also the documentation consistently uses the word "separator". Introducing "terminator" now is going to confuse the issue. Hasta la vista. > However, unless you go with all- > caps [:IFS:] I think you should pick something that looks like a word > (in the English dictionary sense) or an abbreviation, rather than an > acronym. Unfortunately I don't have any good suggestions just now. [:FIELDSEP:] and [:WHITESEP:], perhaps? -- Peter Stephenson Software Engineer CSR PLC, Churchill House, Cambridge Business Park, Cowley Road Cambridge, CB4 0WZ, UK Tel: +44 (0)1223 692070 ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. **********************************************************************