Re: Vim syntax file for zsh

[Nikolai Weibull <mailing-lists.zsh-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

* Stephane Chazelas <Stephane_Chazelas@xxxxxxxx> [Dec 10, 2004 16:50]:
> > > If that "[" should be quoted, then that one in:

> > > [ -n "$1" ]

> > > should be to:

> > > '[' -ne "$1" ]

> > Why?

> Because "[" and "hi[" are both arguments to a builtin command (0th of
> the "[" one, and 1st of the "echo" one), there's no reason (not) to
> quote one and not the other.

I think you misunderstand.

	% echo hi[
	zsh: bad pattern: hi[
	% [ -n "$1" ]
	%

Quoting the first makes sense if you want to echo the string "hi[".
Quoting the [ in [ -n "$1" ] makes no sense at all.
Or am I misunderstanding something?
	nikolai

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