Re: PATCH: 4.1: multi-parameter for loop

["Bart Schaefer" <schaefer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Jun 20, 10:01pm, Andrej Borsenkow wrote:
} Subject: Re: PATCH: 4.1: multi-parameter for loop
}
} On Wed, 20 Jun 2001, Peter Stephenson wrote:
} 
} > This extends the for syntax to take multiple parameters after it
} 
} This for sure is incompatible with POSIX and all known shells. It
} does not make legal scripts fail, but it makes illegal scripts legal.
} Should we care about it?

In general we've taken the position that this is OK.  Consider the
"foreach" form, or "if [[ test ]] { command }", etc.

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