From: Peter Stephenson <pws@ibmth.df.unipi.it>
To: zsh-workers@sunsite.auc.dk
Subject: Re: core dumps with (( #\... ))
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 15:48:58 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <9909231348.AA20988@ibmth.df.unipi.it> (raw)
In-Reply-To: "Sven Wischnowsky"'s message of "Thu, 23 Sep 1999 15:04:26 DFT." <199909231304.PAA24601@beta.informatik.hu-berlin.de>
Sven Wischnowsky wrote:
> > Should I change it but keep \ for backward compatibility?
>
> That would be kind.
This is not hard.
--- Doc/Zsh/arith.yo.mchar Tue Sep 21 11:25:32 1999
+++ Doc/Zsh/arith.yo Thu Sep 23 15:43:36 1999
@@ -86,13 +86,14 @@
arithmetic expressions. The shell currently defines no mathematical
functions, but modules may define some.
-An expression of the form `tt(#\)var(x)' where var(x) is any character
+An expression of the form `tt(##)var(x)' where var(x) is any character
sequence such as `tt(a)', `tt(^A)', or `tt(\M-\C-x)' gives the ascii
value of this character and an expression of the form `tt(#)var(foo)'
gives the ascii value of the first character of the value of the
parameter var(foo). Note that this is different from the expression
`tt($#)var(foo)', a standard parameter substitution which gives the
-length of the parameter var(foo).
+length of the parameter var(foo). `tt(#\)' is accepted instead of
+`tt(##)', but its use is deprecated.
Named parameters and subscripted arrays can be referenced by name within an
arithmetic expression without using the parameter expansion syntax. For
--- Src/math.c.mchar Thu Sep 23 15:42:18 1999
+++ Src/math.c Thu Sep 23 15:42:20 1999
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@
return NUM;
}
if (*ptr == '#') {
- if (*++ptr == '\\') {
+ if (*++ptr == '\\' || *ptr == '#') {
int v;
ptr++;
--
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~1999-09-23 14:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-09-23 13:04 Sven Wischnowsky
1999-09-23 13:48 ` Peter Stephenson [this message]
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1999-09-23 11:18 Adam Spiers
1999-09-23 12:10 ` Peter Stephenson
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