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Re: [PATCH] Enable further expansion of parameter name by ${!...}

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From: Peter Stephenson <p.w.stephenson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Tomoki Sekiyama <tomoki.sekiyama@xxxxxxxxx>, zsh-workers@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Enable further expansion of parameter name by ${!...}
Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2015 18:14:33 +0000
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On Sun, 25 Jan 2015 04:15:38 -0500
Tomoki Sekiyama <tomoki.sekiyama@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> With this change, ${!...} will enable further expansion of parameter name,
> which is equivalent to (P) expansion flag. This will enable zsh to run some
> scripts using variable references for bash.

Thanks, this is a useeful idea, however it looks like a bit more work
will be necessary to avoid this being confused with the parameter called
"!", i.e. the last programme run in the background.  Both $! and ${!}
have that meaning.

pws

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