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+#autoload
+
+# The main loop of the completion code. This is what is called when 
+# completion is attempted from the command line.
+# The completion code gives us the special variables and the arguments
+# from the command line are given as positional parameters.
+
+local comp name
+
+setopt localoptions nullglob rcexpandparam globdots
+unsetopt markdirs globsubst shwordsplit nounset
+
+# An entry for `-first-' is the replacement for `compctl -T'
+# Completion functions may set `COMPSKIP' to any value to make the 
+# main loops stop calling other completion functions.
+
+comp="$comps[-first-]"
+if [[ ! -z "$comp" ]]; then
+  "$comp" "$@"
+  if (( $+COMPSKIP )); then
+    unset COMPSKIP
+    return
+  fi
+fi
+
+# For arguments we use the `_normal function.
+
+if [[ $CONTEXT == argument || $CONTEXT == command ]]; then
+  _normal "$@"
+else
+  # Let's see if we have a special completion definition for the other
+  # possible contexts.
+
+  comp=''
+
+  case $CONTEXT in
+  redirect)  comp="$comps[-redirect-]";;
+  math)      comp="$comps[-math-]";;
+  subscript) comp="$comps[-subscript-]";;
+  value)     comp="$comps[-value-]";;
+  condition) comp="$comps[-condition-]";;
+  esac
+
+  # If not, we use default completion, if any.
+
+  [[ -z "$comp" ]] && comp="$comps[-default-]"
+  [[ -z "$comp" ]] || "$comp" "$@"
+fi