From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 8078 invoked from network); 10 Aug 1998 16:07:07 -0000 Received: from math.gatech.edu (list@130.207.146.50) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 10 Aug 1998 16:07:07 -0000 Received: (from list@localhost) by math.gatech.edu (8.9.1/8.9.1) id LAA12136; Mon, 10 Aug 1998 11:53:36 -0400 (EDT) Resent-Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 11:53:36 -0400 (EDT) From: "Bart Schaefer" Message-Id: <980810085553.ZM27103@candle.brasslantern.com> Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 08:55:53 -0700 In-Reply-To: Comments: In reply to Bruce Stephens "Re: sorting/uniq-ing an array?" (Aug 10, 12:34pm) References: <19980809025636.18149@astaroth.nit.gwu.edu> <980809044123.ZM19065@candle.brasslantern.com> <19980809123608.01170@astaroth.nit.gwu.edu> X-Mailer: Z-Mail (4.0b.820 20aug96) To: ZSH Users Subject: Re: sorting/uniq-ing an array? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Resent-Message-ID: <"RFKzo2.0.Zz2._Tnpr"@math> Resent-From: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/4290 X-Loop: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu Precedence: list Resent-Sender: zsh-workers-request@math.gatech.edu On Aug 10, 12:34pm, Bruce Stephens wrote: } Subject: Re: sorting/uniq-ing an array? } } "typeset -U" works for arrays, and so works for path. Unfortunately, } it doesn't work with (for example) LD_LIBRARY_PATH, which is a } colon-separated list. Annoying: this really needs configurableness. Is there any difference (internally) between a plain array variable and a colon-array, other than the set/get functions? If not, it should be pretty trivial to make colon-arrays a typeset-able parameter type. -- Bart Schaefer Brass Lantern Enterprises http://www.well.com/user/barts http://www.brasslantern.com