From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 1968 invoked from network); 26 Jul 2001 11:46:10 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.51.30) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 26 Jul 2001 11:46:10 -0000 Received: (qmail 18338 invoked by alias); 26 Jul 2001 11:46:05 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-workers-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 15502 Received: (qmail 18327 invoked from network); 26 Jul 2001 11:46:04 -0000 Message-ID: To: zsh-workers@sunsite.dk (Zsh hackers list) Subject: Re: Nasty bug in array-element typeset assignments In-reply-to: "Oliver Kiddle"'s message of "Thu, 26 Jul 2001 12:38:20 BST." <3B60012C.EF6E906A@u.genie.co.uk> Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 12:45:28 +0100 From: Peter Stephenson Oliver Kiddle wrote: > Urgh. Is that really that useful? I think it'd be better to save the > extra mess in the code and disallow it with roughly what you get by > adding this: > > } else if (on & PM_LOCAL && locallevel) { > zerrnam(cname, > "%s, can't create local array elements", pname, 0); > return NULL; > > after the similar bit for readonly inside the strchr(pname, '[') test in > typeset_single. Something like that would definitely be my preference. > Incidentally, I get a couple of test failures with the latest CVS - on > with _arguments and the other for posixbuiltins. I get the _arguments one --- it seems to be just a matter of change of spacing, so possibly the test itself needs updating. I don't get the one for posixbuiltins --- and there isn't much possibility of variation at that point, so I can't offer an explanation. *** /tmp/zsh.ztst.out.21154 Thu Jul 26 12:42:36 2001 --- /tmp/zsh.ztst.tout.21154 Thu Jul 26 12:42:36 2001 *************** *** 1,2 **** DESCRIPTION:{option} ! NO:{-+ -- opt} --- 1,2 ---- DESCRIPTION:{option} ! NO:{-+ -- opt} -- 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. **********************************************************************