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Re: zsh: RM_STAR warning counts files as though DOT_GLOB is set



On Sep 11,  3:41pm, Daniel Shahaf wrote:
}
} The warning messages emitted by the "if" and "else if" branches are all
} susceptible to this race condition.  They were all added in 37946 in
} order to "make [the] warnings more informative".

IIRC this was discussed at the time, and the conclusion was that the
race condition is acceptable as long as the user is prompted and must
answer yes -- the count needn't be accurate when non-zero, it just
mustn't be skipped when zero.



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