From: Daniel Shahaf <d.s@daniel.shahaf.name>
To: Mikael Magnusson <mikachu@gmail.com>
Cc: zsh-workers@zsh.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] Fix the ':A' word modifier on paths with '..' components.
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2016 00:20:31 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160627002031.GA20366@tarsus.local2> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAHYJk3SrjHP3mT+c7xWH49ozhh18WHvLC5LRUzoZwWnkSSv8fA@mail.gmail.com>
Mikael Magnusson wrote on Sat, Jun 25, 2016 at 18:47:58 +0200:
> On Sat, Jun 25, 2016 at 6:28 PM, Daniel Shahaf <d.s@daniel.shahaf.name> wrote:
> > Mikael Magnusson wrote on Tue, Jun 21, 2016 at 05:08:16 +0200:
> >> On Tue, Jun 21, 2016 at 3:53 AM, Daniel Shahaf <d.s@daniel.shahaf.name> wrote:
> >> > The fix is to stop calling chabspath() at the top of chrealpath().
> >> >
> >> > Preserve the old behaviour when CHASE_DOTS is set.
> >>
> >> I think this is backwards, cd symlink/.. gets you to the current dir
> >> if chasedots is unset, and to wherever symlink points' parent
> >> directory when it is set.
> >
> > True.
> >
> > However, I don't want to just flip the condition (change "if isset()" to
> > "if unset()") since I think the new behaviour (resolving symlinks before
> > '..' components) should be the default for :A.
> >
> > So how about adding a new option and having chrealpath() use the new
> > behaviour if the new option is at its default value, and the old
> > (':a'-ish) behaviour otherwise?
>
> That sounds pretty pointless, you would still break existing scripts,
Yes, that's the whole point: I think the "new" semantics should be the
default.
> and make everyone have to versioncheck to see if they have to enable
> an option or not.
No version check is needed, people can change foo:A to foo:a:A or do
setopt colonA_please_be_compatible_with_fivedottwo 2>/dev/null || true
once at the top.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-06-27 0:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-06-10 17:36 [PATCH 1/3] Tests: Add tests for the ':a' and ':A' modifiers Daniel Shahaf
2016-06-10 17:36 ` [PATCH 2/3] Fix the ':A' word modifier on paths with '..' components Daniel Shahaf
2016-06-10 18:54 ` Mikael Magnusson
2016-06-10 19:46 ` Bart Schaefer
2016-06-12 14:28 ` Daniel Shahaf
2016-06-12 16:49 ` Bart Schaefer
2016-06-13 8:52 ` Daniel Shahaf
2016-06-21 1:53 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] Tests: Add tests for the ':a' and ':A' modifiers Daniel Shahaf
2016-06-21 1:53 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] Fix the ':A' word modifier on paths with '..' components Daniel Shahaf
2016-06-21 3:08 ` Mikael Magnusson
2016-06-25 16:28 ` Daniel Shahaf
2016-06-25 16:47 ` Mikael Magnusson
2016-06-27 0:20 ` Daniel Shahaf [this message]
2016-06-28 14:48 ` Bart Schaefer
2016-07-01 5:11 ` Daniel Shahaf
2016-07-01 16:05 ` Bart Schaefer
2016-07-03 20:20 ` Peter Stephenson
2016-07-05 4:57 ` Daniel Shahaf
2016-06-21 1:53 ` [PATCH v2 3/3] Clean up chabspath() [':a' word modifier] Daniel Shahaf
2016-06-10 17:36 ` [PATCH " Daniel Shahaf
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