On Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:14:31 -0700 Bart Schaefer <schae...@brasslantern.com> wrote: > On Mar 25, 6:20pm, Peter Stephenson wrote: > } > } But yes, I share your feeling that this isn't a particularly vital > } addition, it just looked easy to do like other shells in compatability > } mode, which is the point of that. > > It just seems to me that we're potentially penalizing a script that does > not use aliases in the can't-open-tempfile case in order to support a > script that does not use aliases. > > Given potential security problems with using tempfiles and the likelyhood > of a script using an alias vs. the likelyhood of file creation failing, > which case ought we be catering too?
From what I've heard, it doesn't sound like it's worth more than a warning. Index: Doc/Zsh/options.yo =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/zsh/zsh/Doc/Zsh/options.yo,v retrieving revision 1.78 diff -u -r1.78 options.yo --- Doc/Zsh/options.yo 3 Mar 2009 17:35:29 -0000 1.78 +++ Doc/Zsh/options.yo 26 Mar 2009 09:49:05 -0000 @@ -1721,7 +1721,12 @@ Alias expansion takes place while text is being read; hence when this option is set it does not take effect until the end of any function or -other piece of shell code evaluated as one unit. +other piece of shell code evaluated as one unit. Note this may +cause differences from other shells even when the option is in +effect. For example, when running a command with `tt(zsh -c)' the +entire command argument is parsed in one go, so aliases defined within +the argument are not available even in later lines. If in doubt, avoid use +of aliases in non-interactive code. ) pindex(POSIX_BUILTINS) pindex(NO_POSIX_BUILTINS) -- Peter Stephenson <p...@csr.com> Software Engineer CSR PLC, Churchill House, Cambridge Business Park, Cowley Road Cambridge, CB4 0WZ, UK Tel: +44 (0)1223 692070 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
