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PATCH: RE: Is this statement correct?



> 
> The order of $fpath takes precedence over the newness of the files.  It
> doesn't search for the newest thing anywhere in $fpath; it checks for
> the newest one of any two otherwise-equivalent sources of the function.
> 

If you agree with my english, I'll commit it to avoid more confusion.

-andrej

Index: Doc/Zsh/contrib.yo
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/zsh/zsh/Doc/Zsh/contrib.yo,v
retrieving revision 1.6
diff -u -r1.6 contrib.yo
--- Doc/Zsh/contrib.yo  2000/09/15 15:32:25     1.6
+++ Doc/Zsh/contrib.yo  2000/09/19 07:59:18
@@ -81,7 +81,9 @@
 digests compiled with the tt(zcompile) builtin are frequently out of date
 with respect to the function source files.  This is not usually a problem,
 because zsh always looks for the newest file when loading a function, but
-it may cause slower shell startup and function loading.
+it may cause slower shell startup and function loading. Also, if digest
+file is explicitly used as element of tt(fpath), zsh won't check if any
+of its source files was changed.
 
 The tt(zrecompile) autoloadable function, found in tt(Functions/Misc), can
 be used to keep function digests up to date.



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