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Re: mailcheck patch

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From: Zefram <A.Main@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: aheading@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Anthony Heading)
Subject: Re: mailcheck patch
Date: Mon, 27 May 1996 22:45:04 +0100 (BST)
Cc: hzoli@xxxxxxxxxx, heading_anthony@xxxxxxxxxxxx, zsh-workers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: <199605272004.VAA17880@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> from "Anthony Heading" at May 27, 96 09:04:19 pm

>Fine by me. Just to check, though, is it clear that $_ will never clash with
>its normal "special parameter" meaning?

The patch achieves the mail file meaning of $_ by temporarily replacing
the value of the parameter $_ with the name of the mail file.  You
can't get at the previous value.

-zefram

References:
- Re: mailcheck patch
  - From: Anthony Heading

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