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Re: globbing in the repeat-count word gives "illegal character"

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From: Mikael Magnusson <mikachu@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Daniel Shahaf <d.s@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: globbing in the repeat-count word gives "illegal character"
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2020 19:37:10 +0100
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On 3/17/20, Daniel Shahaf <d.s@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> [[[
> $ Src/zsh -f
> % cd "$(mktemp -d)"
> % repeat ? true
> zsh: bad math expression: illegal character: \M-W
> %
> ]]]
>
> [[[
> frame #1: 0x0000000000487eac zsh`matheval(s="\x97") at math.c:1479
>    1476     x = mathevall(s, MPREC_TOP, &junk);
>    1477     mtok = xmtok;
>    1478     if (*junk)
> -> 1479         zerr("bad math expression: illegal character: %c", *junk);
>    1480     return x;
>    1481 }
>    1482
> (lldb) p *junk
> (char) $0 = '\x97'
> ]]]
>
> [[[
> % ag 0x97 | cat
> Src/zsh.h:191:#define Quest             ((char) 0x97)
> %
> ]]]

Not limited to globbing characters,

% repeat { false
zsh: bad math expression: illegal character: \M-O


-- 
Mikael Magnusson

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