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From: Bruce Stephens <B.Stephens@isode.com>
Date: 22 Feb 1999 10:51:30 +0000
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"Bart Schaefer" <schaefer@brasslantern.com> writes:

> How about an special AA named "files"?  "$files[foo]" would be
> equivalent to "$(<foo)".  One step further: `noglob vared
> files[foo]` replaces `zed` almost entirely (except for the ZLE
> rebinding bits).  OK, maybe that one is getting a little carried
> away ... but if the OS supports mmap() ...

And, of course, the Perl mapping to db files (presuming that configure
notices some compatible db library).