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authorBarton E. Schaefer <schaefer@zsh.org>2013-10-19 14:29:52 -0700
committerBarton E. Schaefer <schaefer@zsh.org>2013-10-19 14:29:52 -0700
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31849: document effect of KSH_ZERO_SUBSCRIPT on the argv special array
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+2013-10-19 Barton E. Schaefer <schaefer@zsh.org>
+
+ * 31849: Doc/Zsh/params.yo: note effect of KSH_ZERO_SUBSCRIPT
+ on the arrays of positional parameters e.g. ${argv[0]} vs. $0
+
2013-10-18 Peter Stephenson <p.w.stephenson@ntlworld.com>
* 31846: Src/exec.c: fix NOEXEC option in execsimple().
diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/params.yo b/Doc/Zsh/params.yo
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@@ -431,9 +431,15 @@ of a shell function, shell script, or the shell itself; see
noderef(Invocation), and also noderef(Functions).
The parameter var(n), where var(n) is a number,
is the var(n)th positional parameter.
+The parameter `tt($0)' is a special case, see
+noderef(Parameters Set By The Shell).
+
The parameters tt(*), tt(@) and tt(argv) are
arrays containing all the positional parameters;
thus `tt($argv[)var(n)tt(])', etc., is equivalent to simply `tt($)var(n)'.
+Note that the options tt(KSH_ARRAYS) or tt(KSH_ZERO_SUBSCRIPT) apply
+to these arrays as well, so with either of those options set,
+`tt(${argv[0]})' is equivalent to `tt($1)' and so on.
Positional parameters may be changed after the shell or function starts by
using the tt(set) builtin, by assigning to the tt(argv) array, or by direct