Re: path PATH

[Ray Andrews <rayandrews@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 2023-01-30 06:56, Roman Perepelitsa wrote:
> This is a different representation for the same information. You could
> argue that this representation is better because it is easier to parse
> for a human, or easier to understand correctly, or more difficult to
> understand incorrectly. You cannot say that it's more correct though.
Yeah, that's true.  I shouldn't say 'wrong', it's more like 
'misleading'.  I myself think the '-H' should remain.
> You can expand a hideval parameter like any other.
>      % typeset -H foo=bar
>      % print -r -- $foo
>      bar

Ha!  I tried everything but the simplest thing.  But that begs the 
question of what 'hideval' really achieves if in fact it's not hidden at 
all.


1 /aWorking/Zsh/Source/Wk 0 $ typeset +H bg

1 /aWorking/Zsh/Source/Wk 0 $ typeset -p bg
typeset -A bg=( [black]=$'\C-[[40m' [blue]=$'\C-[[44m' 
[cyan]=$'\C-[[46m' [default]=$'\C-[[49m' [green]=$'\C-[[42m' 
[grey]=$'\C-[[40m' [magenta]=$'\C-[[45m' [red]=$'\C-[[41m' 
[white]=$'\C-[[47m' [yellow]=$'\C-[[43m' )

1 /aWorking/Zsh/Source/Wk 0 $ print -r $bg
[ colored block characters here]

1 /aWorking/Zsh/Source/Wk 0 $ print -r ${(b)bg}
[46m [47m [43m [45m [40m [44m [41m [49m [42m [40m

1 /aWorking/Zsh/Source/Wk 0 $ print -r ${(q+)bg}
$'\C-[[46m' $'\C-[[47m' $'\C-[[43m' $'\C-[[45m' $'\C-[[40m' $'\C-[[44m' 
$'\C-[[41m' $'\C-[[49m' $'\C-[[42m' $'\C-[[40m'


... looks like I must still 'typeset +H' to see the real value -- keys 
and values that is.

IMHO the whole thing is a mess.