From da5e3263a66be23102fd988e1bb51a152d1869dd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tjg <tjg>
Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2001 12:41:38 +0000
Subject:   Feature: exported lists no longer use redundant parentheses.

---
 rc.1 | 14 ++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

(limited to 'rc.1')

diff --git a/rc.1 b/rc.1
index ca777d7..2567266 100644
--- a/rc.1
+++ b/rc.1
@@ -1933,8 +1933,6 @@ The
 notation for flattening should allow for using an arbitrary
 separating character, not just space.
 .PP
-List definitions in exported functions are "noisier" than they need to be.
-.PP
 If both
 .Cr $PATH
 and
@@ -1958,8 +1956,20 @@ code is illegal.
 .Ds
 .Cr "while ((~ $1 -*) && (! ~ $1 --)) { ..."
 .De
+.TP
 The redundant inner parentheses must be omitted.
 .PP
+Semantic errors (e.g. "bad concatenation") in
+.B fn prompt
+are not handled elegantly.  For example,
+.Ds
+.Cr "fn prompt { echo (a b)^(c d e) }"
+.De
+.TP
+throws
+.I rc
+into a tailspin.
+.PP
 Bug reports should be mailed to
 .Cr "<tjg@star.le.ac.uk>" .
 .SH INCOMPATIBILITIES
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