* erik quanstrom ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> and more to the point, there have been no ideas yet that would
> break older rc scripts nor change the grammer or lexemes. even list
> assignment would be a matter of handling a case that currently gives
> an error. the grammer supports it.
Specifically, there are two arguments supporting the change. First, it isn't
really a new feature -- it just makes one already present more general (with
a striking resemblance to the for loop.) Second, it doesn't break scripts in a
harmful way (old scripts still run, new scripts run in an old rc abort -- if
a correctly written script runs successfully it does what was intended in
either case.)
Martin
