From 8ce5bc05bcf9b263a65eb6e8d6bae0e610a88b16 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tjg <tjg>
Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2001 12:54:26 +0000
Subject:   Bug: it's no longer possible to use parentheses to sneak a word
 that   needs quoting past the "quoting detector", so `fn x { echo $(x.y) }'  
 now works both in the current rc and its descendants.

---
 rc.1 | 16 ----------------
 1 file changed, 16 deletions(-)

(limited to 'rc.1')

diff --git a/rc.1 b/rc.1
index 6d9739f..ca777d7 100644
--- a/rc.1
+++ b/rc.1
@@ -1933,17 +1933,6 @@ The
 notation for flattening should allow for using an arbitrary
 separating character, not just space.
 .PP
-It is usually possible to use parentheses to defeat
-free caret insertion; that is, to use
-.Cr $(x.y)
-as a synonym for
-.Cr $'x.y' .
-However, the former syntax is not correctly handled in functions
-exported to the environment: a function defined using this syntax will
-not work properly in descendant
-.I rc
-processes.
-.PP
 List definitions in exported functions are "noisier" than they need to be.
 .PP
 If both
@@ -1960,11 +1949,6 @@ but such elements will be split at the colon in descendant
 .I rc
 processes.
 .PP
-The
-.Cr .
-command should search
-.Cr $path .
-.PP
 Extra parentheses around a
 .Cr ~
 expression or a
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