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| -rw-r--r-- | ChangeLog | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Src/builtin.c | 7 |
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 4f2d49301..7ad21af73 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2002-09-19 Bart Schaefer <schaefer@zsh.org> + + * 17692: Src/builtin.c: Prevent typeset of a positional parameter + before it can do damage, and improve the error message about it. + 2002-09-19 Clint Adams <clint@zsh.org> * 17252: Sven: Completion/Unix/Type/_path_files: fix for use of (z) diff --git a/Src/builtin.c b/Src/builtin.c index c43751711..dd553cf1c 100644 --- a/Src/builtin.c +++ b/Src/builtin.c @@ -1825,7 +1825,7 @@ typeset_single(char *cname, char *pname, Param pm, int func, "%s: array elements must be scalar", pname, 0); return NULL; } - } else if (isident(pname)) { + } else if (isident(pname) && !idigit(*pname)) { /* * Create a new node for a parameter with the flags in `on' minus the * readonly flag @@ -1834,7 +1834,10 @@ typeset_single(char *cname, char *pname, Param pm, int func, DPUTS(!pm, "BUG: parameter not created"); pm->ct = auxlen; } else { - zerr("not an identifier: %s", pname, 0); + if (isident(pname)) + zerrnam(cname, "not valid in this context: %s", pname, 0); + else + zerrnam(cname, "not an identifier: %s", pname, 0); return NULL; } |