Re: (Fwd) Re: getopts question

[Peter Stephenson <pws@xxxxxxx>]

"Bart Schaefer" wrote:
> The latest zsh 4.1.x from CVS, and 4.0.x, both print "1" for the test script
> quoted below.  Apparently they should print "2".  Commentary?

Go ahead and change it if you like, I think it's rare enough it won't
screw up too much.  You can argue for 2 from the existing zsh
documentation.

Note, however, that changing the handling of option indexes by tradition
always introduces bugs.  At least, I'm pretty sure I've fixed it about
three times.

-- 
Peter Stephenson <pws@xxxxxxx>                  Software Engineer
CSR Ltd., Science Park, Milton Road,
Cambridge, CB4 0WH, UK                          Tel: +44 (0)1223 692070


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