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Re: [PATCH] Remove support for named references to subscripted variables
- X-seq: zsh-workers 54201
- From: Bart Schaefer <schaefer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Philippe Altherr <philippe.altherr@xxxxxxxxx>
- Cc: Zsh hackers list <zsh-workers@xxxxxxx>
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] Remove support for named references to subscripted variables
- Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2026 14:46:01 -0800
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On Wed, Feb 18, 2026 at 1:29 PM Philippe Altherr
<philippe.altherr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Just to be clear, here is an example of what I mean: a variable named ".123" can't be created with an assignment or with a call to typeset but it works with a named reference initialized with ".123". Is that really expected?
OK, thanks for clarity; no, that is not the difference I was thinking of.
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