Zsh Mailing List Archive Messages sorted by: Reverse Date, Date, Thread, Author

Re: priority problem of ":|" and ":*"

X-seq: zsh-users 17502
From: Han Pingtian <hanpt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: zsh-users@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: priority problem of ":|" and ":*"
Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2012 17:06:04 +0800
In-reply-to: <121226222458.ZM735@torch.brasslantern.com>
List-help: <mailto:zsh-users-help@zsh.org>
List-id: Zsh Users List <zsh-users.zsh.org>
List-post: <mailto:zsh-users@zsh.org>
Mailing-list: contact zsh-users-help@xxxxxxx; run by ezmlm
References: <20121224105241.GA24051@localhost.localdomain> <20121225231133.GA8145@localhost.localdomain> <121226011019.ZM32249@torch.brasslantern.com> <20121226100944.GB8145@localhost.localdomain> <121226222458.ZM735@torch.brasslantern.com>

On Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 10:24:58PM -0800, Bart Schaefer wrote:
> In this case rule 5 should have mentioned an exception for the # length
> expression as it does for the (@) array flag, and the description of SPEC
> in the ${#SPEC} documentation might have been qualified to explain that
> surrounding double-quotes are intentionally prevented from altering the
> semantics of the length calculation.
> 
> To get what you expected, you must use a nested substitution.
Thanks.

References:
- priority problem of ":|" and ":*"
  - From: Han Pingtian
- Re: priority problem of ":|" and ":*"
  - From: Han Pingtian
- Re: priority problem of ":|" and ":*"
  - From: Bart Schaefer
- Re: priority problem of ":|" and ":*"
  - From: Han Pingtian
- Re: priority problem of ":|" and ":*"
  - From: Bart Schaefer

Messages sorted by: Reverse Date, Date, Thread, Author