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authorPeter Stephenson <pws@users.sourceforge.net>2009-09-15 13:51:12 +0000
committerPeter Stephenson <pws@users.sourceforge.net>2009-09-15 13:51:12 +0000
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users/14387 (tweaked): alternative zsh syntax is not going to be removed
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+2009-09-15  Peter Stephenson  <pws@csr.com>
+
+	* users/14387 (tweaked): Doc/Zsh/grammar.yo: alternative syntax is
+	not about to disappear, but does make shell scripts less portable
+	and possibly readable.
+
 2009-09-14  Peter Stephenson  <pws@csr.com>
 
 	* Greg Klanderman: 27262: Completion/Unix/Type/_path_files:
@@ -12168,5 +12174,5 @@
 
 *****************************************************
 * This is used by the shell to define $ZSH_PATCHLEVEL
-* $Revision: 1.4778 $
+* $Revision: 1.4779 $
 *****************************************************
diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/grammar.yo b/Doc/Zsh/grammar.yo
index ff8e6658e..64cc1e26c 100644
--- a/Doc/Zsh/grammar.yo
+++ b/Doc/Zsh/grammar.yo
@@ -366,10 +366,10 @@ texinode(Alternate Forms For Complex Commands)(Reserved Words)(Complex Commands)
 sect(Alternate Forms For Complex Commands)
 cindex(alternate forms for complex commands)
 cindex(commands, alternate forms for complex)
-Many of zsh's complex commands have alternate forms.  These particular
-versions of complex commands should be considered deprecated and may be
-removed in the future.  The versions in the previous section should be
-preferred instead.
+Many of zsh's complex commands have alternate forms.  These are
+non-standard and are likely not to be obvious even to seasoned shell
+programmers; they should not be used anywhere that portability of shell
+code is a concern.
 
 The short versions below only work if var(sublist) is of the form `tt({)
 var(list) tt(})' or if the tt(SHORT_LOOPS) option is set.  For the tt(if),