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January 1998, Week 4

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Jeff Vance <[log in to unmask]>
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Jeff Vance <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 23 Jan 1998 09:54:51 -0800
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On Jan 23, 11:26am, Jeff Woods wrote:
Jeff Vance wrote:
> >> The default HPPATH as initialized from CI.PUB.SYS is:
> >>   '!HPGROUP,PUB,PUB.SYS,ARPA.SYS';   # cut from the code
Jeff Kell wrote:
> |Minor nit... isn't it "!!HPGROUP", thus re-evaluating itself following a
> |CHGROUP?
>
> If typed in at the CI (or otherwise evaluated) before being placed into the
> HPPATH variable, it would.  However, in this case it's placed in the HPPATH
> variable directly (I presume) by the CI during early initialization,
> therefore there's no pre-evaluation of the string and hence only a single
> "!" is used.

Jeff Woods is correct.

Regards,
another Jeff

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