Mailing-List: contact zsh-workers-help@zsh.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes List-Id: Zsh Workers List List-Post: List-Help: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 X-Originating-IP: [82.20.18.64] X-Spam: 0 X-Authority: v=2.1 cv=KZcvylsD c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=tQ56d2wE10i0ATcm3CvKvA==:117 a=tQ56d2wE10i0ATcm3CvKvA==:17 a=L9H7d07YOLsA:10 a=9cW_t1CCXrUA:10 a=s5jvgZ67dGcA:10 a=NLZqzBF-AAAA:8 a=kj9zAlcOel0A:10 a=q2GGsy2AAAAA:8 a=ViwVbmjG22hNJ94s-A0A:9 a=CjuIK1q_8ugA:10 a=qF7bb4oeoPEA:10 Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2016 18:26:11 +0000 From: Peter Stephenson To: zsh-workers@zsh.org Subject: Re: Amusing (?) behavior of zsh/parameter specials Message-ID: <20160124182611.710b0fba@ntlworld.com> In-Reply-To: <160123090736.ZM14384@torch.brasslantern.com> References: <160123090736.ZM14384@torch.brasslantern.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.11.1 (GTK+ 2.24.28; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Seq: zsh-workers 37767 On Sat, 23 Jan 2016 09:07:36 -0800 Bart Schaefer wrote: > Maybe autoloaded parameters should always be hidden until they load? That's definitely arguable, yes. -p and its features are there as a concession to POSIX-style order, in order to make it easy to restore parameters the user has defined, and autoloaded parameters, whether disappearing or not, don't fit that picture. pws