Re: zsh-3.0.2 core'ing + a small feature request

[Peter Stephenson <pws@xxxxxx>]

Carl Johnson wrote:
> hi,
> i am not on any of the zsh lists so please cc me on any replies.
> 
> zsh-3.0.2 and solaris 2.5.1
> when i do....
> 
> 1> ls -al
> 2> vared -h 1
> 3> <esc>k
> which gets me the ls -al line again, then hit return and it cores, every time
> .

The fix seems to be fairly simple.  (I didn't even know this was
supported, but looking at the code it certainly should be.)

*** Src/Zle/zle_main.c.vn	Sun Jan 12 01:46:43 1997
--- Src/Zle/zle_main.c	Tue Feb 18 09:39:53 1997
***************
*** 613,619 ****
  	t[strlen(t) - 1] = '\0';
      /* final assignment of parameter value */
      pm = (Param) paramtab->getnode(paramtab, args[0]);
!     if (PM_TYPE(pm->flags) == PM_ARRAY) {
  	PERMALLOC {
  	    setaparam(args[0], spacesplit(t, 1));
  	} LASTALLOC;
--- 613,619 ----
  	t[strlen(t) - 1] = '\0';
      /* final assignment of parameter value */
      pm = (Param) paramtab->getnode(paramtab, args[0]);
!     if (pm && PM_TYPE(pm->flags) == PM_ARRAY) {
  	PERMALLOC {
  	    setaparam(args[0], spacesplit(t, 1));
  	} LASTALLOC;

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