From: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
To: Bart Schaefer <schaefer@brasslantern.com>
Cc: Zsh hackers list <zsh-workers@zsh.org>
Subject: Re: More rabbit-holes with unset variables
Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2020 17:53:45 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAMP44s1pMOrXAYR+VO-acM0dc0KN7SUkcdGEF7RfanfDN8aHfg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAH+w=7ZgzpTtjcnQ4mmZVAZzi=TE_m1dW0AZQm5oLhMDyG8pZg@mail.gmail.com>
On Thu, Nov 26, 2020 at 5:29 PM Bart Schaefer <schaefer@brasslantern.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Nov 26, 2020 at 1:31 PM Felipe Contreras
> <felipe.contreras@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > And you don't find it inconsistent that the internal value is
> > *different* from the exported value?
>
> That's a loaded question, because to answer it requires conceding that
> there exists an exported value from which the internal value differs.
> There's no way to "see" the export namespace without forking an
> external process, so only the internal value matters.
No. The exported value exists whether you decide to look at it or not.
> > Plus this:
> >
> > typeset -x FOO
> >
> > Is different than this:
> >
> > typeset -x FOO=""
> >
> > ?
If this is not inconsistent, then nothing is.
So I guess nothing zsh ever does can be inconsistent, by definition.
Cheers.
--
Felipe Contreras
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-11-26 23:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 40+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-11-25 7:02 Bart Schaefer
2020-11-25 13:19 ` Stephane Chazelas
2020-11-25 22:17 ` Felipe Contreras
2020-11-26 6:10 ` Stephane Chazelas
2020-11-26 7:20 ` Felipe Contreras
2020-11-26 11:21 ` Oliver Kiddle
2020-11-26 11:29 ` Roman Perepelitsa
2020-11-26 19:08 ` Felipe Contreras
2020-11-26 19:29 ` Felipe Contreras
2020-11-26 21:13 ` Bart Schaefer
2020-11-26 21:31 ` Felipe Contreras
2020-11-26 23:29 ` Bart Schaefer
2020-11-26 23:32 ` Bart Schaefer
2020-11-26 23:53 ` Felipe Contreras [this message]
2020-11-27 0:23 ` Bart Schaefer
2020-11-27 1:51 ` Felipe Contreras
2020-11-27 20:01 ` Bart Schaefer
2020-11-27 21:49 ` Felipe Contreras
2020-11-27 22:06 ` Bart Schaefer
2020-11-27 23:35 ` Felipe Contreras
2020-11-26 22:07 ` Bart Schaefer
2020-11-26 20:41 ` Bart Schaefer
2020-11-26 20:49 ` Stephane Chazelas
2020-11-26 21:20 ` Felipe Contreras
2020-11-26 22:41 ` Bart Schaefer
2020-11-26 23:45 ` Felipe Contreras
2020-11-27 0:09 ` Bart Schaefer
2020-11-27 0:30 ` Felipe Contreras
2020-11-27 0:51 ` Bart Schaefer
2020-11-27 1:30 ` Felipe Contreras
2020-11-27 20:54 ` Bart Schaefer
2020-11-27 22:10 ` Felipe Contreras
2020-11-27 22:39 ` Bart Schaefer
2020-11-28 0:00 ` Felipe Contreras
2020-11-28 0:04 ` Bart Schaefer
2020-11-28 10:52 ` Felipe Contreras
2020-11-28 0:36 ` The emulation rabbit-hole RE typeset/unset Bart Schaefer
2020-11-28 11:35 ` Felipe Contreras
2020-11-28 16:56 ` Bart Schaefer
2020-12-01 8:49 ` Felipe Contreras
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