Re: Bug(?) in builtin r

[Peter Stephenson <p.w.stephenson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Richard Hartmann" wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 10:52, Peter Stephenson <pws@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > +                   zwarnnam("fc", "invalid use of current history line");
> 
> In my personal crusade for errors/warnings that pinpoint the
> issue without the need to refer to documentation, I would
> like to suggest a replacement/an addition along the lines
> of 'using the current command from the history stack
> leads to endless recursion'.

We need an error message, not an essay, which is what the documentation
is for, but if there's a more specific short message I can use that,
such as for example "current history line would cause recursion".

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Peter Stephenson <p.w.stephenson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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