From 4353bec49f5997f7581d8a33d52fd87deba57b6c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Stephenson Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2015 17:19:12 +0000 Subject: 37159: Update to NEWS and README --- ChangeLog | 4 +++- NEWS | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ README | 12 ++++++++++-- 3 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 42deaf073..5355abaa6 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@ 2015-11-19 Peter Stephenson + * 37159: NEWS, README: update for next version. + * unposted: Doc/Zsh/params.yo: describe separators between values in array assignment. @@ -63,7 +65,7 @@ 2015-11-12 Peter Stephenson * 37096: Src/subst.c, Test/D04parameter.ztst: make top-level - ${(P)...} with nested ${(P)...} to the right thing. + ${(P)...} with nested ${(P)...} do the right thing. * 37094: Src/subst.c, Test/D04parameter.ztst: Further tweaks to parameter name references: array safety; nested parameters; tests. diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index bc14a8beb..3964da732 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -4,6 +4,36 @@ CHANGES FROM PREVIOUS VERSIONS OF ZSH Note also the list of incompatibilities in the README file. +Changes from 5.1.1 to 5.2 +------------------------- + +The new module zsh/param/private can be loaded to allow the shell +to define parameters that are private to a function scope (i.e. are +not propagated to nested functions called within this function). + +The parameter flag ${(P)...} is now more useful when it appears in +a nested expansion. For example, + + typeset -A assoc=(one un two deux three trois) + name=assoc + print ${${(P)name}[one]} + +now prints "un". In previous versions of the shell the value of the +substitution was fully expanded on return from ${(P)name}, making +associative array subscripting difficult. As a side effect, flags +for formatting appearing in the inner substitution now affect the +substitution of the name (into "assoc" in this case), which is not +normally useful: flags that should apply to the value must be in the +outer substitution. + +The GLOB_STAR_SHORT option allows the pattern **/* to be shortened to +just ** if no / follows. so **.c searches recursively for a file whose +name has the suffix ".c". + +The effect of the WARN_CREATE_GLOBAL option has been significantly +extended, so expect it to cause additional warning messages about +parameters created globally within function scope. + Changes from 5.1 to 5.1.1 ------------------------- diff --git a/README b/README index 957152114..9cb352a5f 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -32,8 +32,16 @@ Zsh is a shell with lots of features. For a list of some of these, see the file FEATURES, and for the latest changes see NEWS. For more details, see the documentation. -Incompatibilites between 5.0.8 and 5.1 --------------------------------------- +Incompatibilities between 5.1 and 5.2 +------------------------------------- + +The behaviour of the parameter flag (P) has changed when it appears +in a nested parameter group, in order to make it more useful in +such cases. A (P) in the outermost parameter group behaves as +before. See NEWS for more. + +Incompatibilities between 5.0.8 and 5.1 +--------------------------------------- The default behaviour when text is pasted into an X Windows terminal has changed significantly (unless you are using a very old terminal emulator -- cgit 1.4.1