From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 4035 invoked by alias); 10 Dec 2011 18:59:37 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-workers-help@zsh.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes List-Id: Zsh Workers List List-Post: List-Help: X-Seq: 29983 Received: (qmail 29413 invoked from network); 10 Dec 2011 18:59:36 -0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED, DKIM_SIGNED,FREEMAIL_FROM,NML_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW, T_DKIM_INVALID autolearn=no version=3.3.2 Received-SPF: pass (ns1.primenet.com.au: SPF record at _spf.google.com designates 209.85.212.43 as permitted sender) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=/aPp78vXC8VYsAyKPeN0SRy01W0jjGDH3yKKexhXZ6I=; b=JeufX5jaMamml6a8wnlEqUZuXwsq5riYj4H3r446Czv0Al0ferTs5+sYhBvxnDyOL5 bqMd0D827hlUq/Ch+SNbGWIEXbQnA3hQSFnGiabFdluDmHlY20dxcziAMJrbHi0Dixrf qNluNzGn1fXpv7spdGyfgXCi4kaY3eA8OojMM= MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20111210182912.3403de1b@pws-pc.ntlworld.com> References: <20111210170956.GD8394@andrew.cmu.edu> <20111210174408.GE8394@andrew.cmu.edu> <20111210182912.3403de1b@pws-pc.ntlworld.com> Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2011 19:54:02 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Documentation error From: Mikael Magnusson To: Peter Stephenson Cc: zsh-workers@zsh.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On 10 December 2011 19:29, Peter Stephenson wrote: > On Sat, 10 Dec 2011 12:44:11 -0500 > gi1242+zsh@gmail.com wrote: >> >>... >> >> # rebuild if cache is more than a week old >> >> local -a oldp >> >> oldp=( "$1"(Nmw+1) ) >> >>... >> >> Technically won't this rebuild the cache if it's more than TWO weeks >> >> old? "$1"(Nmw+0) seems to do one week old for me, >> > >> > It depends on what you mean by more than one week. The way it works in >> > zsh is that -, +, and no sign are disjunct sets, so mw-1, mw1, mw+1 >> > don't have any overlap. mw1 is any files that are one week old, which >> > is 7-13 days, so more than that is 14 days old (two weeks). >> >> Hmm. mw+1 gave me false for a 13 day old file, and true for a 15 day old >> file. But mw+0 gave me true for all files more than a week old. >> >> Reading the comment in the ZSH man page (included above), I'd guess it >> means that the cache will be rebuilt if it's more than 7 days old. >> However, it appears to only be rebuilt if it's more than 14 days old? >> >> Perhaps the comment above (or example above) should be changed to match >> up? [I'm of course not advocating any change in ZSH behaviour.] > > It does seem to violate the principle of least surprise --- the > documentation for globbing qualifiers now has a long spiel about > ignoring the fraction part of the difference in times to try to explain. > Maybe +7 (days) is better? Of course there's still the same oddity at > the level of a day but that's a good deal easier to sweep under the > carpet. There's no day modifier :). -- Mikael Magnusson