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Subject: Re: GNU Pascal (gpc) 2.1 released
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Date: Sat, 25 May 2002 04:39:18 GMT
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DJ Delorie wrote:
> 
> > Which means that "rm @foo" cannot mean to remove the file "@foo",
> > because if it exists it is an extended command line, and if it
> > doesn't it becomes an argument.
> 
> That's not how it works.  If the file "foo" exists, then "@foo" means
> to read foo's contents.  If "foo" doesn't exist, then "@foo" means the
> string "@foo" will be used as an argument as-is.
> 
> The existence of file "@foo" will not cause the argument "@foo" to
> become an extended command line.

Not for the first time I have gone off half cocked :-).  I don't
have an answer, but I do prefer operator errors to result in some
sort of message.  I will probably remember this one for at least a
few months.

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