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Re: ${-str}

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From: Peter Stephenson <pws@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: zsh-workers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Zsh hackers list)
Subject: Re: ${-str}
Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 11:01:24 +0100
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Sven wrote: 
> Geoff Wing wrote:
> > :serein% print -lr ${-str}
> > :569XZfims
> > % setopt norcs; echo ${-}
> > 569XZfims
> 
> Yep. The same as for the other special parameters (`${$foo}').
> Shouldn't we change this to be an error? Or do we really need this for 
> compatibility?

I think this should be an error.  This was never documented behaviour and
most forms of bad parameter syntax produce complaints.

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References:
- Re: ${-str}
  - From: Sven Wischnowsky

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