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Re: _brace_parameter: misleading help text for #
- X-seq: zsh-users 27638
- From: Lawrence Velázquez <larryv@xxxxxxx>
- To: "Leah Neukirchen" <leah@xxxxxxxx>
- Cc: zsh-users@xxxxxxx
- Subject: Re: _brace_parameter: misleading help text for #
- Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2022 01:49:41 -0400
- Archived-at: <https://zsh.org/users/27638>
- In-reply-to: <87im12pj3i.fsf@vuxu.org>
- List-id: <zsh-users.zsh.org>
- References: <87im12pj3i.fsf@vuxu.org>
On Thu, Jul 22, 2021, at 9:35 AM, Leah Neukirchen wrote:
> echo ${(<TAB> shows
> ...
> # -- evaluate as numeric expression
> ...
>
> zshexpn(1) says:
> # Evaluate the resulting words as numeric expressions and output
> the characters corresponding to the resulting integer.
>
> I think the help text is missing the crucial bit here:
> output the characters corresponding to the resulting integer.
>
> Perhaps
> "#:evaluate as numeric expression and interpret as character codes"
> or so would be a better description.
Apologies, Leah. This hasn't been addressed, as far as I can tell.
workers: Anyone want to take a stab at it?
--
vq
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