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From: decot@hpisod2.HP.COM (Dave Decot)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: c-shell variables
Message-ID: <16710044@hpisod2.HP.COM>
Date: 22 Feb 90 23:19:19 GMT
References: <1052@prlhp1.prl.philips.co.uk>
Organization: Hewlett Packard, Cupertino
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> foreach digit1 ( 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 )
> 
> I get the error message: foreach: Invalid variable.
> 
> We are running HP-UX 6.21 and c-shell variables are permitted to consist
> of digits.
> 
> Is this a bug with foreach and if so is it fixed in 6.5 or 7.0  ?

Yes, it is a bug (it has been reported before), and no, it is not fixed
in either of those releases.

This bug is also present in System VR2's C-shells (don't know about VR3
or VR4), and it still appears in 4.3BSD's C-shell.

Dave Decot