Re: What is the _services array?

[Peter Stephenson <p.w.stephenson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> On 27 May 2022 at 13:45 Daniel Shahaf <d.s@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Peter Stephenson wrote on Fri, 27 May 2022 09:52 +00:00:
> >> On 27 May 2022 at 10:09 Zach Riggle <zachriggle@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> I recently found the _services array by playing around with "typeset -H"
> >> and there's some neat stuff in here, I'm just not sure what it's for or how
> >> to make use of it.
> >> 
> >> Any ideas?
> >
> > This is the backend DB for the feature described in the zshcompsys manual
> > in the paragraph that starts
> >
> > "Each  name may also be of the form `cmd=service'.  "
> >
> > You should be able to be configure it by the means noted there.
> 
> It's not documented, though, which means it's liable to change
> incompatibly without notice.  If that's not the case, then we should
> document that function :)

My inclination would be that if Zach finds things he can do with _services
that aren't part of the existing interface, we should probably extend the
interface rather than expose the implementation detail.  But, of course,
it's horse for courses.

pws