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Re: PATCH: 3.1.4: flushing input properly

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From: Zefram <zefram@xxxxxxxxx>
To: schaefer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Bart Schaefer)
Subject: Re: PATCH: 3.1.4: flushing input properly
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 1998 19:17:58 +0100 (BST)
Cc: pws@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, zsh-workers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: <980626095421.ZM8207@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> from "Bart Schaefer" at Jun 26, 98 09:54:21 am

Bart Schaefer wrote:
>I believe the reason it behaves as it does is for purposes of sourcing
>a file, so that syntax errors in .zshrc et. al. don't cause the entire
>init process to fail.  That's a nicety I'd rather not give up.

I think it'd be perfectly reasonable to ignore the remainder (or, indeed,
the entirety) of a startup script when a parse error is encountered.

-zefram

References:
- Re: PATCH: 3.1.4: flushing input properly
  - From: Bart Schaefer

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