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30.0.50; [PATCH] Add support for negative indices and index ranges in Eshell

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Message #20 received at 60999 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jim Porter <jporterbugs <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 60999 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#60999: 30.0.50; [PATCH] Add support for negative indices and
 index ranges in Eshell
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2023 10:02:30 -0800

On 1/26/2023 11:38 PM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> I have no strong feelings, as I don't expect to be using this feature.
> I just think this could be confusing to people who do use it in other
> shells, and a potential source of complaints and bug reports.  But it
> is your call.

Ok, thanks. Would it make sense to merge this patch as-is then, and 
afterwards I can post a message on emacs-devel soliciting feedback? If 
people clearly prefer the Bash semantics, I don't have any major issues 
with changing the code to match that.

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