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From: "Bart Schaefer" <schaefer@candle.brasslantern.com>
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Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 16:36:07 +0000
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Comments: In reply to Sven Wischnowsky <wischnow@informatik.hu-berlin.de>
        "Re: Chatty little precompiler for _arguments" (Sep 20, 10:43am)
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Comments: In reply to Sven Wischnowsky <wischnow@informatik.hu-berlin.de>
        "PATCH: was: Re: Chatty little precompiler for _arguments" (Sep 20,  2:15pm)
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On Sep 20, 10:43am, Sven Wischnowsky wrote:
} Subject: Re: Chatty little precompiler for _arguments
}
} Bart Schaefer wrote:
} 
} > though it would be really useful if $param:q could emit quoting instead of
} > backslashes.
} 
} I would be against this because its much less useful in cases where
} you stuff together string from multiple parameters.

I'm not sure what you're getting at, there.

With 7951 applied, compare:

    print -R ${(q):-"$histchars $WORDCHARS $SPROMPT $TIMEFMT"}
    print -R ${(qq):-"$histchars $WORDCHARS $SPROMPT $TIMEFMT"}
    print -R ${(qqq):-"$histchars $WORDCHARS $SPROMPT $TIMEFMT"}

On Sep 20,  2:15pm, Sven Wischnowsky wrote:
} Subject: PATCH: was: Re: Chatty little precompiler for _arguments
}
} This does that. `${(qqq)foo}' looks a bit silly doesn't it?

The man who wrote

${(@)^${(@)${(@)${(@M)${(@ps:\n:j:\n:)${(@)${(@M)${(@f)$(${~words[1]} --help 2>&1)//\[--/
--}:#[ 	]#-*}//,/
}}:#[ 	]#--*}#*--}%%[, ]*}:#}

wants to talk about "looks a bit silly"?

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