From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from euclid.skiles.gatech.edu (list@euclid.skiles.gatech.edu [130.207.146.50]) by melb.werple.net.au (8.7.5/8.7.3/2) with ESMTP id FAA07520 for ; Tue, 23 Jul 1996 05:38:04 +1000 (EST) Received: (from list@localhost) by euclid.skiles.gatech.edu (8.7.3/8.7.3) id PAA00281; Mon, 22 Jul 1996 15:34:24 -0400 (EDT) Resent-Date: Mon, 22 Jul 1996 15:34:24 -0400 (EDT) From: "Bart Schaefer" Message-Id: <960722123529.ZM9604@candle.brasslantern.com> Date: Mon, 22 Jul 1996 12:35:29 -0700 Reply-To: schaefer@nbn.com X-Mailer: Z-Mail (4.0b.702 02jul96) To: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu Subject: "Array" variables that aren't set, and NO_UNSET MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Resent-Message-ID: <"J3nZt.0.G4._Uzyn"@euclid> Resent-From: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/1738 X-Loop: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu Precedence: list Resent-Sender: zsh-workers-request@math.gatech.edu Consider: zsh% setopt | grep set nounset off zsh% echo ${thisisnotavariable} zsh% echo ${thisisnotavariable[1]} zsh: closing brace expected zsh% Why is it a *syntax* error to subscript a variable that's not set, when it is not a syntax error to refer to the string value of such a variable? -- Bart Schaefer Brass Lantern Enterprises http://www.well.com/user/barts http://www.nbn.com/people/lantern New male in /home/schaefer: >N 2 Justin William Schaefer Sat May 11 03:43 53/4040 "Happy Birthday"