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[PATCH 2/2] FAQ (3.1): Update ksh compatibility answer for reserved word typeset.
- X-seq: zsh-workers 45932
- From: Daniel Shahaf <d.s@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: zsh-workers@xxxxxxx
- Subject: [PATCH 2/2] FAQ (3.1): Update ksh compatibility answer for reserved word typeset.
- Date: Thu, 28 May 2020 20:30:49 +0000
- In-reply-to: <20200528203049.13144-1-danielsh@tarpaulin.shahaf.local2>
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Reported in 45922. I dropped the sentence about bash because I couldn't
figure out what it was referring to with the term "this behaviour".
bash on my system does word-split arguments that look like assignments
with backticks on the RHS for commands other than «typeset».
Etc/FAQ.yo | 28 +++++++++++++++++++---------
1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Etc/FAQ.yo b/Etc/FAQ.yo
index 9b5e2206a..a327eb514 100644
--- a/Etc/FAQ.yo
+++ b/Etc/FAQ.yo
@@ -981,7 +981,7 @@ label(31)
been automatic word splitting in scalars, which is a sort of
uncontrollable poor man's array.
- Note that this happens regardless of the value of the internal field
+ Note that word splitting happens regardless of the value of the internal field
separator, tt($IFS); in other words, with mytt(IFS=:; foo=a:b; args $foo)
you get the answer 1.
@@ -1013,22 +1013,32 @@ label(31)
or (entirely equivalent) when mytt(emulate ksh) or mytt(emulate sh) is in
effect.
- There is one other effect of word splitting which differs between ksh
+ There used to be another effect of word splitting which differed between ksh
and zsh. In ksh, the builtin commands that declare parameters such
as tt(typeset) and tt(export) force word-splitting not to take place
after on an assignment argument:
verb(
typeset param=`echo foo bar`
)
- in ksh will create a parameter with value mytt(foo bar), but in zsh will
+ in ksh will create a parameter with value mytt(foo bar).
+
+ zsh used to
create a parameter tt(param) with value tt(foo) and a parameter tt(bar)
- whose value is empty. Contrast this with a normal assignment (no
+ whose value was empty. Contrast this with a normal assignment (no
tt(typeset) or other command in front), which never causes a word split
- unless you have tt(GLOB_ASSIGN) set. From zsh version 4.0.2 the option
- tt(KSH_TYPESET), set automatically in compatibility mode, fixes this
- problem. Note that in bash this behaviour occurs with all arguments that
- look like assignments, whatever the command name; to get this behaviour
- in zsh you have to set the option tt(MAGIC_EQUAL_SUBST).
+ unless you have tt(GLOB_ASSIGN) set.
+
+ zsh version 4.0.2 and newer creates a single parameter with value
+ mytt(foo bar), like ksh does, when the option tt(KSH_TYPESET) is set.
+ This option gets set automatically when in ksh compatibility mode.
+
+ zsh 5.1 and newer create a single parameter with value mytt(foo bar) by
+ default, in both compatibility and native modes. The older behaviour
+ can be obtained with mytt(disable -r typeset).
+
+ If the options mytt(MAGIC_EQUAL_SUBST) and mytt(KSH_TYPESET) are both
+ set, arguments that look like assignments will not undergo word
+ splitting, whatever the command name.
sect(In which startup file do I put...?)
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