From: "Bart Schaefer" <schaefer@brasslantern.com>
To: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu (Zsh hacking and development)
Subject: Re: Docs fix
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1998 18:27:17 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <981026182717.ZM12068@candle.brasslantern.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <199810270125.TAA18613@hzoli.home>
On Oct 26, 7:25pm, Zoltan Hidvegi wrote:
> Subject: Re: Docs fix
> > > The first one is just some stuff for the FAQ about $* vs "$@"
> >
> > The FAQ was correct without this patch. $* and "$@" are equivalent in
> > zsh, unless you run it under Bourne sh or ksh emulation (i.e. with the
> > SH_WORD_SPLIT option set).
>
> Not exactly. "$@" keeps empty arguments and independent of option and
> IFS settings, neither of which is true for $*.
Yes, but as I was just explaining privately to Phil, the context of his
change is "what zsh construct is most like using \!* in csh aliases?"
The best answer is $*, because you have to use \!*:q to get "$@" behavior
in csh. An argument could be made that $==* is even better, but not "$@".
next prev parent reply other threads:[~1998-10-27 2:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1998-10-26 23:03 Phil Pennock
1998-10-26 23:53 ` Bart Schaefer
1998-10-27 1:25 ` Zoltan Hidvegi
1998-10-27 2:27 ` Bart Schaefer [this message]
1998-10-26 22:02 ` TGAPE!
1998-10-27 4:05 ` Phil Pennock
1998-10-27 4:21 ` Bart Schaefer
1998-10-27 5:13 ` Zoltan Hidvegi
1998-10-28 4:53 ` Bart Schaefer
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