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Re: "getopts" bugs and bad interactions with "shift"

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From: Sven Wischnowsky <wischnow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: zsh-workers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: "getopts" bugs and bad interactions with "shift"
Date: Wed, 24 Nov 1999 12:50:22 +0100 (MET)
In-reply-to: "Bart Schaefer"'s message of Tue, 23 Nov 1999 21:40:38 +0000
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Don't have any real opinion on this getopts business, just want to ask 
a question...

Bart Schaefer wrote:

> ...
> 	shift $OPTIND	# $((OPTIND-1)) if 3.0.7 or before
> ...
> 	return $ret

I think, when *you* do this kind of stuff, you have a good reason, so:
why the `$'s (and even `$((...))')? Compatibility with other shells?

Bye
 Sven

P.S.: They both matheval() their arguments...

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Sven Wischnowsky                         wischnow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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