Re: grammar
Peter Stephenson <[email protected]>
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> On 29/04/2026 16:59 BST Ray Andrews <[email protected]> wrote: > I was going thru some old stuff and I came across something like this: > > % if [[ $path ]] echo $path > > ... it works, which makes me uncomfortable because it ain't good grammar. You're basically correct, yes, it's an abbreviation. Not entirely logically, it's allowed by the SHORT_LOOPS option. % if [[ -n string ]] echo string is stringy string is stringy % setopt noshortloops % if [[ -n string ]] echo string is stringy zsh: parse error near `echo' % If you want to be purist you can turn that off, although of course it does have other consequences. pws