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Re: Parameter Expansion: Case Modification: ${var~} not documented
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Chet Ramey |
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Re: Parameter Expansion: Case Modification: ${var~} not documented |
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Tue, 18 Aug 2015 16:50:38 -0400 |
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On 8/18/15 1:43 PM, Dan Douglas wrote:
> On Tuesday, August 18, 2015 9:54:55 AM CDT Isaac Good wrote:
>> Would you mind sharing the rational behind having it undocumented?
>
> Since I like guessing: the syntax for parameter expansion operators is
> currently non-extensible, so the namespace of terse operators is in limited
> supply. New syntax should be extensible to suit future needs while keeping
> the
> language minimal. This is new syntax that adds one function that will be
> rarely used. I can think of better ways to use that operator.
This is true, and I would prefer to not set the ~ `operator' in stone until
I'm more satisfied with how it works.
Bash-4.4 has the ${param@operator} family of expansions (inspired by a
similar feature in mksh) as the extensible syntax you're asking for.
> The operators in use currently are already a disaster. We *really* could use
> a
> solution for the circumfix operators `!var[@]` and `!var[*]` that collide
> with
> the prefix `!` operator, and for reasons unknown don't interoperate with any
> of the other expansions such as array slicing / subscripting. I wouldn't want
> to add new (pointless) syntax before the fundamental problems are addressed.
I assume you mean the difference betweeen ${!param[@]/followed/bysomething}
and ${!param[@]}. The latter I picked up from ksh93 as is. The former is
the generalization of indirect evaluation I sort of picked up from ksh93,
because I didn't think you needed namerefs to have indirect evaluation.
The first examples doesn't work as well as I hoped it would because I
chose to use the `parameter' as used in other expansions (param[@]) as the
unit of indirection instead of just the name (param).
Chet
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