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Re: [PATCH] docs: clarify $line contents

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From: Oliver Kiddle <opk@xxxxxxx>
To: dana <dana@xxxxxxx>
Cc: zsh-workers@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs: clarify $line contents
Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2026 06:18:41 +0200
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dana wrote:
>  the normal arguments from the command line, i.e. the words from the
>  command line after the command name excluding all options and their
> -arguments.  Options are stored in the associative array
> +arguments, up to and potentially including the current word.  Also

Having "including" follow "excluding" in a sentence is unclear: included
in the exclusion or just included. This also relies on the reader
to grasp that "potentially" means that the current word is included
unless subject to one of the exclusions. May be better to state that it
excludes words appearing after the current word.

Oliver

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