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Re: PATCH: better configure-time handling of program-transform

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From: Clint Adams <schizo@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: Zefram <zefram@xxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: PATCH: better configure-time handling of program-transform
Date: Fri, 3 Dec 1999 10:12:06 -0500
Cc: Clint Adams <schizo@xxxxxxxxxx>, zsh-workers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: <E11topV-0004qO-00@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; from zefram@xxxxxxxx on Fri, Dec 03, 1999 at 09:16:41AM +0000
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> What's this about?  What does it achieve that
> 
> 	eval "u_ptn=${program_transform_name}"
> 
> doesn't?  Is the extra layer of expansion really necessary anyway?

Well, when $program_transform_name is s,$$,blah,
that would set u_ptn to something like "s,99999,blah,"
whereas it should be "s,$,blah,".

References:
- PATCH: better configure-time handling of program-transform
  - From: Clint Adams
- Re: PATCH: better configure-time handling of program-transform
  - From: Zefram

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