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Re: PATCH: Disallow array initializer for named reference

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From: Bart Schaefer <schaefer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Philippe Altherr <philippe.altherr@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Zsh hackers list <zsh-workers@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: PATCH: Disallow array initializer for named reference
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2025 15:38:29 -0700
Archived-at: <https://zsh.org/workers/53770>
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On Tue, Jun 10, 2025 at 2:07 PM Philippe Altherr
<philippe.altherr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I would rather change the existing "inconsistent type for assignment" errors into warnings than change the new one into an error.

Yeah, that probably wouldn't fly, because scripts that now stop would
instead continue running with parameters that don't exist or have
different type than before.

There presumably aren't any "production" scripts using named
references, so we have some flexibility there, but it likely makes
more sense for both to be an error.

Follow-Ups:
- Re: PATCH: Disallow array initializer for named reference
  - From: Bart Schaefer

References:
- Re: BUG: Initializations of named references with an empty string should trigger an error
  - From: Mikael Magnusson
- Re: BUG: Initializations of named references with an empty string should trigger an error
  - From: Philippe Altherr
- Re: BUG: Initializations of named references with an empty string should trigger an error
  - From: Bart Schaefer
- Re: BUG: Initializations of named references with an empty string should trigger an error
  - From: Mikael Magnusson
- Re: BUG: Initializations of named references with an empty string should trigger an error
  - From: Bart Schaefer
- Re: BUG: Initializations of named references with an empty string should trigger an error
  - From: Philippe Altherr
- Re: BUG: Initializations of named references with an empty string should trigger an error
  - From: Philippe Altherr
- Re: BUG: Initializations of named references with an empty string should trigger an error
  - From: Philippe Altherr
- Re: BUG: Initializations of named references with an empty string should trigger an error
  - From: Lawrence Velázquez
- Re: BUG: Initializations of named references with an empty string should trigger an error
  - From: Philippe Altherr
- Re: BUG: Initializations of named references with an empty string should trigger an error
  - From: Stephane Chazelas
- Re: BUG: Initializations of named references with an empty string should trigger an error
  - From: Philippe Altherr
- Re: BUG: Initializations of named references with an empty string should trigger an error
  - From: Bart Schaefer
- Re: BUG: Initializations of named references with an empty string should trigger an error
  - From: Philippe Altherr
- Re: BUG: Initializations of named references with an empty string should trigger an error
  - From: Bart Schaefer
- Re: BUG: Initializations of named references with an empty string should trigger an error
  - From: Philippe Altherr
- Re: BUG: Initializations of named references with an empty string should trigger an error
  - From: Philippe Altherr
- Re: BUG: Initializations of named references with an empty string should trigger an error
  - From: Bart Schaefer
- Re: BUG: Initializations of named references with an empty string should trigger an error
  - From: Philippe Altherr
- Re: BUG: Initializations of named references with an empty string should trigger an error
  - From: Bart Schaefer
- PATCH: Disallow array initializer for named reference
  - From: Bart Schaefer
- Re: PATCH: Disallow array initializer for named reference
  - From: Philippe Altherr
- Re: PATCH: Disallow array initializer for named reference
  - From: Bart Schaefer
- Re: PATCH: Disallow array initializer for named reference
  - From: Philippe Altherr

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