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| author | Peter Stephenson <pws@users.sourceforge.net> | 2008-12-10 09:52:32 +0000 |
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| committer | Peter Stephenson <pws@users.sourceforge.net> | 2008-12-10 09:52:32 +0000 |
| commit | 63e60d3d21ebfd985d83a5359b8e5bc68de5dcaf (patch) | |
| tree | 1668ac684ba8ee59be33a119557954e3267f1842 /Etc/FAQ.yo | |
| parent | 02f05d746223c73981f3564ff21b324bb222e41a (diff) | |
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users/13566: note you cant unset array elements
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diff --git a/Etc/FAQ.yo b/Etc/FAQ.yo index 1cf3cae49..1ba9ed38f 100644 --- a/Etc/FAQ.yo +++ b/Etc/FAQ.yo @@ -541,6 +541,12 @@ tt(SH_OPTION_LETTERS), mytt($array) refers to the whole array, not tt($array[0]); braces are unnecessary: tt($a[1] == ${a[1]}), etc. Set the tt(KSH_ARRAYS) option for compatibility. + it() Furthermore, individual elements of arrays in zsh are always + strings, not separate parameters. This means, for example, you + can't `unset' an array element in zsh as you can in ksh; you + can only set it to the empty string, or shorten the array. + (You can unset elements of associative arrays in zsh because + those are a completely different type of object.) it() Coprocesses are established by mytt(coproc); mytt(|&) behaves like csh. Handling of coprocess file descriptors is also different. it() In mytt(cmd1 && cmd2 &), only mytt(cmd2) instead of the whole |