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-rw-r--r--Src/builtin.c25
2 files changed, 25 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 610b0c88e..0e88e9a0d 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
2002-10-29 Peter Stephenson <pws@csr.com>
+ * 17872: Src/builtin.c: Make sure `typeset SECONDS' uses a
+ suitable type when creating a new local parameter.
+
* 17868: Src/builtin.c, Src/params.c, Doc/Zsh/params.yo:
Can `typeset -F SECONDS' to get better accuracy. Try to
catch all cases when converting or creating local copy
diff --git a/Src/builtin.c b/Src/builtin.c
index 9f1c2dcb6..045c80f36 100644
--- a/Src/builtin.c
+++ b/Src/builtin.c
@@ -1732,11 +1732,30 @@ typeset_single(char *cname, char *pname, Param pm, int func,
int err = 1;
if (!readonly && !strcmp(pname, "SECONDS"))
{
+ /*
+ * We allow SECONDS to change type between integer
+ * and floating point. If we are creating a new
+ * local copy we check the type here and allow
+ * a new special to be created with that type.
+ * We then need to make sure the correct type
+ * for the special is restored at the end of the scope.
+ * If we are changing the type of an existing
+ * parameter, we do the whole thing here.
+ */
if (newspecial != NS_NONE)
{
- newspecial = NS_SECONDS;
- err = 0; /* and continue */
- tc = 0; /* but don't do a normal conversion */
+ /*
+ * The first test allows `typeset' to copy the
+ * existing type. This is the usual behaviour
+ * for making special parameters local.
+ */
+ if (PM_TYPE(on) == 0 || PM_TYPE(on) == PM_INTEGER ||
+ PM_TYPE(on) == PM_FFLOAT || PM_TYPE(on) == PM_EFLOAT)
+ {
+ newspecial = NS_SECONDS;
+ err = 0; /* and continue */
+ tc = 0; /* but don't do a normal conversion */
+ }
} else if (!setsecondstype(pm, on, off)) {
if (value && !setsparam(pname, ztrdup(value)))
return NULL;