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Re: Amusing (?) behavior of zsh/parameter specials

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From: Peter Stephenson <p.w.stephenson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: Amusing (?) behavior of zsh/parameter specials
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2016 18:26:11 +0000
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On Sat, 23 Jan 2016 09:07:36 -0800
Bart Schaefer <schaefer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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

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