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Re: sorting/uniq-ing an array?

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From: "Zefram" <zefram@xxxxxxxxx>
To: schaefer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Bart Schaefer)
Subject: Re: sorting/uniq-ing an array?
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 17:32:55 +0100 (BST)
Cc: zsh-workers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: <980810085553.ZM27103@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> from "Bart Schaefer" at Aug 10, 98 08:55:53 am

Bart Schaefer wrote:
>Is there any difference (internally) between a plain array variable and
>a colon-array, other than the set/get functions?

Yes.  Colon-separated `arrays' are actually scalars.  Except for PATH,
MANPATH, et al, which are actually scalars reflecting the contents of
the true array variables path, manpath, et al.

-zefram

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