* `repeat` with special characters - "bad math expression: illegal character"
@ 2021-01-23 18:11 Patrick Reader
2021-01-23 19:33 ` Lawrence Velázquez
2021-01-23 20:47 ` Bart Schaefer
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From: Patrick Reader @ 2021-01-23 18:11 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: zsh-workers
Hi,
When I use the `repeat` complex command with an arithmetic expression
containing one of the following special characters:
* = ^ ?
I get an error message in the form "zsh: bad math expression: illegal
character: \M-X". The "X" is replaced by one of G M F W (corresponding
to the symbols above). This doesn't happen if I wrap the character in
single or double quotes, or escape it with a backslash. It still happens
with even the options `noglob`, `noequals`, `nomagicequalsubst` which I
thought might be causing them to be misinterpreted.
Why does this happen?
Patrick
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* Re: `repeat` with special characters - "bad math expression: illegal character"
2021-01-23 18:11 `repeat` with special characters - "bad math expression: illegal character" Patrick Reader
@ 2021-01-23 19:33 ` Lawrence Velázquez
[not found] ` <0102017730be053e-9eccbdb4-1596-4ae7-8bee-5f2005229b83-000000@eu-west-1.amazonses.com>
2021-01-23 20:47 ` Bart Schaefer
1 sibling, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Lawrence Velázquez @ 2021-01-23 19:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Patrick Reader; +Cc: zsh-workers
> On Jan 23, 2021, at 1:11 PM, Patrick Reader <_@pxeger.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> When I use the `repeat` complex command with an arithmetic expression containing one of the following special characters:
>
> * = ^ ?
>
> I get an error message in the form "zsh: bad math expression: illegal character: \M-X". The "X" is replaced by one of G M F W (corresponding to the symbols above). This doesn't happen if I wrap the character in single or double quotes, or escape it with a backslash. It still happens with even the options `noglob`, `noequals`, `nomagicequalsubst` which I thought might be causing them to be misinterpreted.
>
> Why does this happen?
Could you provide an example?
vq
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2021-01-23 18:11 `repeat` with special characters - "bad math expression: illegal character" Patrick Reader
2021-01-23 19:33 ` Lawrence Velázquez
@ 2021-01-23 20:47 ` Bart Schaefer
1 sibling, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Bart Schaefer @ 2021-01-23 20:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Patrick Reader; +Cc: zsh-workers
On Sat, Jan 23, 2021 at 10:11 AM Patrick Reader <_@pxeger.com> wrote:
>
> When I use the `repeat` complex command with an arithmetic expression
> containing one of the following special characters: [...]
> I get an error message in the form "zsh: bad math expression: illegal
> character: \M-X".
Fixed last March:
commit 2a9674862ecaf9b7b1b66178782d47e8445df325
Author: Peter Stephenson <p.w.stephenson@ntlworld.com>
Date: Thu Mar 26 20:54:37 2020 +0000
45616: Remove token from count argument to repeat
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