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Re: Setting paths with ~'s in values.

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From: "Bart Schaefer" <schaefer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Larry P . Schrof" <schrof@xxxxxxxxxxx>, zsh-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Setting paths with ~'s in values.
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1999 14:29:55 -0800
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On Feb 12,  2:05pm, Bart Schaefer wrote:
> [...]  Filename generation and expansion
> is done in array assignments -- but that still doesn't expand the ~ .
> So you need an additional "eval" for that, which means you don't need
> the ~ any more.

It just occurred to me that this is a potentially confusing paragraph.

The ~ that you don't need if you have an "eval" is the one in ${~t_path}.

The ~ that expands only when you have the "eval" is the one in each line
read from .zpaths.

References:
- Setting paths with ~'s in values.
  - From: Larry P . Schrof
- Re: Setting paths with ~'s in values.
  - From: Bart Schaefer

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