On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 5:12 PM, Dan Douglas <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi. I noticed quite a while ago that the max arithmetic variable name
> resolution depth also affects user-defined arithmetic functions. I removed the
> check entirely from my ksh without noticing any ill-effects for the last few
> months (provided you don't screw up with a non-terminating expression).
>
> For reference, Bash sets this at 1024 and zsh to 512 (Mksh allows 1
> dereference per variable). Is ksh93's max of ~8 just an arbitrary number or is
> there some negative consequence of going deeper?

Where you do see the value 8 defined or the check implemented?

Irek
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