From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 15928 invoked by alias); 4 Jun 2014 09:25:37 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-workers-help@zsh.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes List-Id: Zsh Workers List List-Post: List-Help: X-Seq: 32701 Received: (qmail 11439 invoked from network); 4 Jun 2014 09:25:23 -0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI, SPF_HELO_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-AuditID: cbfec7f4-b7fac6d000006cfe-04-538ee5ffb1ea Date: Wed, 04 Jun 2014 10:25:18 +0100 From: Peter Stephenson To: zsh-workers@zsh.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Re: (Y) modifier: up to N matches? Message-id: <20140604102518.7cb9ea30@pwslap01u.europe.root.pri> In-reply-to: <140603234229.ZM29030@torch.brasslantern.com> References: <20140602182346.GB1858@tarsus.local2> <140602204603.ZM26905@torch.brasslantern.com> <20140604020804.GA2032@tarsus.local2> <140603234229.ZM29030@torch.brasslantern.com> Organization: Samsung Cambridge Solution Centre X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.9 (GTK+ 2.22.0; i386-redhat-linux-gnu) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-Brightmail-Tracker: H4sIAAAAAAAAA+NgFuplluLIzCtJLcpLzFFi42I5/e/4Vd3/T/uCDV6uE7I42PyQyYHRY9XB D0wBjFFcNimpOZllqUX6dglcGSd6XjEVHGSpWLzmM0sD4znmLkZODgkBE4ll+76yQdhiEhfu rQeyuTiEBJYySnw99IodwlnOJHF2+TKwDhYBVYk1F56A2WwChhJTN81mBLFFBMQlzq49zwJi CwuYS6ybsBxsKq+AvcSvSbvBajgFrCQu7l0MViMksJNRYmZbKojNL6AvcfXvJyaIK+wlZl45 wwjRKyjxY/I9sHpmAS2JzduaWCFseYnNa94yT2AUmIWkbBaSsllIyhYwMq9iFE0tTS4oTkrP NdQrTswtLs1L10vOz93ECAnCLzsYFx+zOsQowMGoxMP7QbcvWIg1say4MvcQowQHs5II78vH QCHelMTKqtSi/Pii0pzU4kOMTBycUg2MDjcfNc+NyY6N2X6SS1k+8GeZ8/GcVfO68v72X9Ny WSGpmDpH8/REX4ZFzwS9PzHb8H7fK2DBa8B4xPvlg7r7Ew/mXJp1gP22R0vKN58ir5mF65eY 1Ow4n3cjcdm9LYuenW8WFmL8t3iuk6fXZdln0zjtnt5oW21e452y6qvdSzeG/D/C68qeKbEU ZyQaajEXFScCADNe8m8gAgAA On Tue, 03 Jun 2014 23:42:29 -0700 Bart Schaefer wrote: > } FWIW, I'm intentionally making (Y) without argument an error; we can > } settle on its semantics later after (Y42) has seen some "in the field" > } use. The spelling (Y1) can be used instead. > > I'm doubtful that any default semantic other than (Y1) will be useful. I have similar thoughts, but as long as the documentation makes clear that it will take the first files it comes across, regardless of any other qualifiers, I don't think there's a big problem, either. pws