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Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2008 17:57:55 -0300
From: "Joey Mingrone" <joey@mingrone.org>
To: zsh-workers@sunsite.dk
Subject: scope of variables in loops
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Hello,

Unlike bash, parameters that are set in loops on the command line
stick around.  It's not a big deal once you figure out what's going
on, but the code below can cause some head-scratching.  Is this
intended?  Is it controllable (is there a way to turn it off)?

Thanks,

Joey

zsh 4.3.6 (i386-portbld-freebsd7.0)% for ((x=0; x<=10; x++)) do echo "$x"; done
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zsh 4.3.6 (i386-portbld-freebsd7.0)% for y in `ls *`; do echo $y; done
.Xauthority
.Xmodmap
.aspell.en.prepl
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zsh 4.3.6 (i386-portbld-freebsd7.0)% for x in `ls *`; do echo $x; done
zsh: bad floating point constant

zsh 4.3.6 (i386-portbld-freebsd7.0)% unset x

zsh 4.3.6 (i386-portbld-freebsd7.0)% for x in `ls *`; do echo $x; done
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