51558: Clarify "for" with positional parameters and named reference.

1 year ago · 29503debc7
parent 25dceb1dea
commit 29503debc7
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 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>
--- 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