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authorBart Schaefer <schaefer@zsh.org>2023-03-11 13:22:10 -0800
committerBart Schaefer <schaefer@zsh.org>2023-03-11 13:22:10 -0800
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51558: Clarify "for" with positional parameters and named reference.
-rw-r--r--ChangeLog4
-rw-r--r--Doc/Zsh/grammar.yo3
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index cc2890b2f..210c4f9c3 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
2023-03-11 Bart Schaefer <schaefer@zsh.org>
- * 51557: Doc/zsh/mod_ksh93.yo, Src/Modules/ksh93.c: Clarify
+ * 51558: Doc/Zsh/grammar.yo: Clarify "for" loops + named refs.
+
+ * 51557: Doc/Zsh/mod_ksh93.yo, Src/Modules/ksh93.c: Clarify
availability of ksh-mode parameters, improve vi-mode detection.
2023-03-07 Bart Schaefer <schaefer@zsh.org>
diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/grammar.yo b/Doc/Zsh/grammar.yo
index 1b834f41a..915b93bc0 100644
--- a/Doc/Zsh/grammar.yo
+++ b/Doc/Zsh/grammar.yo
@@ -190,6 +190,9 @@ use the positional parameters instead of the var(word)s.
If any var(name) has been declared as a named reference,
the corresponding var(word) is treated as the name of a
parameter and var(name) is made a reference to that.
+Note that for the positional parameters, this treats the
+value of each positional as parameter name rather than
+creating a reference to the position.
The var(term) consists of one or more newline or tt(;)
which terminate the var(word)s, and are optional when the