From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 1275 invoked from network); 20 Jun 2001 19:12:43 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.51.30) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 20 Jun 2001 19:12:43 -0000 Received: (qmail 11477 invoked by alias); 20 Jun 2001 19:12:03 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-workers-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 15011 Received: (qmail 11458 invoked from network); 20 Jun 2001 19:12:03 -0000 Message-ID: To: zsh-workers@sunsite.dk (Zsh hackers list) Subject: Re: PATCH: 4.1: multi-parameter for loop In-reply-to: ""Bart Schaefer""'s message of "Wed, 20 Jun 2001 18:55:00 -0000." <1010620185500.ZM9172@candle.brasslantern.com> Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 20:12:09 +0100 From: Peter Stephenson "Bart Schaefer" wrote: > Well, there's this: > > for in in in in; do echo $in; done > > I haven't applied your patch yet, so I don't know whether it fouls up > the above, but clearly a parameter named "in" can only appear in the first > position, and everything else has to be taken as a keyword first and only > a parameter name otherwise. It will stop reading parameters when it reaches the second `in'. I meant to document this, although it should be pretty obvious. -- 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. **********************************************************************