Re: [PATCH for maint] git-completion: fix zsh support

[Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>]

On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 12:59 PM, Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> wrote:
> Felipe Contreras wrote:
>
>> No, the scope remains local.
>
> Is this local in the sense of typeset used in ksh functions declared
> as "function f" or local in the sense of typeset used in ksh functions
> declared as "f ()"?  If the latter, I think you misunderstood me --- I
> never meant to suggest otherwise.

I'm sorry, I don't know what you mean.

By "local" I mean that all the layers bellow in the call stack will
use a separate "words" variable than the layers above.

>> In fact, if you follow the link I posted, that's precisely the fix the
>> zsh guys were pushing for. And the it is already merged:
>> http://zsh.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=zsh/zsh;a=commitdiff;h=e880604f029088f32fb1ecc39213d720ae526aaa
>
> Now this changes things (since it amounts to a guarantee that the
> bash completion emulation has already extracted all it needs from
> $words before calling a completion function).  What happens if someone
> calls "compgen -F" after words is hidden?

I fail to see an example of that. Why don't you try?

>> Well, it's hosted on debian.org, and I haven't seen it used anywhere
>> else. I just don't know how else to identify that project.
>
> Here you go: http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/gitweb/?p=bash-completion.git;a=tree

That's just packaging:
URL:            http://bash-completion.alioth.debian.org/

http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/gitweb/?p=bash-completion.git;a=blob;f=bash-completion.spec;h=855462dd092a50959d9576f6bc02c01332dd63a2;hb=HEAD#l12

>> I think the simplest fix is the one I'm proposing
>
> I'm happy with it as long as the zsh people are committed to making
> sure it continues to work (which it sounds like they are, luckily).
> I suppose it is intended to obsolete the third patch from Gábor's
> series?  Could you provide an explanation for the commit log,
> something to the effect that
>
>  - the words array has special meaning
>  - that produces such-and-such puzzling symptoms
>  - zsh 4.3.12 (?) will fix it by using "typeset -h" to hide it when
>   running completion functions designed for bash
>  - we can make the same fix to work correctly with earlier versions of
>   zsh, and that's what this patch does
>
> ?

I thought that's what I explained more or less. I will add the missing
point and the new developments on the commit message and resend.

Cheers.

-- 
Felipe Contreras