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Re: [PATCH] sh/ksh init: don't initialise lowercase parameters

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From: Bart Schaefer <schaefer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Daniel Shahaf <d.s@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sh/ksh init: don't initialise lowercase parameters
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 12:36:52 -0600
Cc: Martijn Dekker <martijn@xxxxxxxx>, Zsh hackers list <zsh-workers@xxxxxxx>
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On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 2:50 AM Daniel Shahaf <d.s@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Why de-deprecate the uppercase spelling?  Do ksh or POSIX sh define "HISTCHARS"
> in uppercase?  The lowercase spelling does seem to be a csh/tcsh thing.

I would agree with removing "Deprecated" from the doc for HISTCHARS.
It's pretty clear at this point that we're not actually going to
remove it, and there needs to be one form of the variable even in
non-zsh modes for the feature to work, and we're not allowed to claim
the lower-case one.

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- [PATCH] sh/ksh init: don't initialise lowercase parameters
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- Re: [PATCH] sh/ksh init: don't initialise lowercase parameters
  - From: Daniel Shahaf

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