Re: Silly questions about _arguments & Co (and probably bugs)

[Tanaka Akira <akr@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

In article <199909091427.QAA03152@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
  Sven Wischnowsky <wischnow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> diff -u oldcompletion/Base/_arguments Completion/Base/_arguments
> --- oldcompletion/Base/_arguments	Thu Sep  9 16:12:19 1999
> +++ Completion/Base/_arguments	Thu Sep  9 16:22:33 1999
> @@ -57,6 +57,8 @@
>        # We have to build the long-option cache anew, get the `-i' and
>        # `-s' options.
>  
> +      set -- "${(@)argv[nth+1,-1]}"
> +
>        iopts=()
>        sopts=()
>        while [[ "$1" = -[is]* ]]; do

Hm.

...
+_arguments:60> set -- *strip=NUM*:number:{compadd "$expl[@]" -S0 -r "1-9" - ""} *get=NUM*:get files from RCS etc: *=LINES*:lines: *=PATCHFILE*:patch file:_files *=FILE*:file:_files *=NAME*:name: *=WORD*:quoting style:(literal shell shell-always c escape) *=STYLE*:version control style:(simple numbered existing) *=SUFFIX*:backup file suffix:(.bak) *=DIR*:chdir to:_files -/
...
+_arguments:116> set -- *=FILE*:file:_files *=(DIR|PATH)*:directory:_files -/ *:unknown:
...

So, _arguments forget '*strip=...' ...

Index: Completion/Base/_arguments
===================================================================
RCS file: /projects/zsh/zsh/Completion/Base/_arguments,v
retrieving revision 1.1.1.30
diff -u -F^( -r1.1.1.30 _arguments
--- _arguments	1999/09/09 14:33:42	1.1.1.30
+++ _arguments	1999/09/09 21:54:29
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
 
       # Then we walk through the descriptions plus a few builtin ones.
 
-      set -- "${(@)argv[nth+1,-1]}" '*=FILE*:file:_files' \
+      set -- "$@" '*=FILE*:file:_files' \
              '*=(DIR|PATH)*:directory:_files -/' '*:unknown:'
 
       while (( $# )); do
-- 
Tanaka Akira