From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 5833 invoked from network); 13 Jun 2001 16:58:53 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.51.30) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 13 Jun 2001 16:58:53 -0000 Received: (qmail 107 invoked by alias); 13 Jun 2001 16:58:26 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-workers-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 14906 Received: (qmail 90 invoked from network); 13 Jun 2001 16:58:25 -0000 Message-ID: To: zsh-workers@sunsite.dk (Zsh hackers list) Subject: Re: 4.0.1: menucomplete quirk leaving extra characters behind In-reply-to: ""Bart Schaefer""'s message of "Wed, 13 Jun 2001 16:27:24 -0000." <1010613162725.ZM27515@candle.brasslantern.com> Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 17:58:20 +0100 From: Peter Stephenson "Bart Schaefer" wrote: > Does `unset @' really make sense? Arguably, but it's a little tricky. % set these are arguments % unset @ % print $* % print $@ % set these are more arguments % print $@ % print $* these are more arguments And I've completely failed to convince it that $@ is active again. You can't assign to it normally. Making it readonly makes sense, but remember it's actually possible to turn that off. Should we make readonly special variables unreadwriteable? -- Peter Stephenson Software Engineer CSR Ltd., Unit 300, Science Park, Milton Road, Cambridge, CB4 0XL, UK Tel: +44 (0)1223 392070 ********************************************************************** The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. **********************************************************************