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WAD Premature expansion of ~n

Aug
717
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Code:
ALIAS TAXX=@ECHO -f ^"^%~1^" -- ^%2$
ALIAS TAXX
CALL :TEST

ALIAS TAXX=@ECHO -f "%%@UNQUOTES[%%1]" -- ^%2$
ALIAS TAXX
CALL :TEST

GOTO :EOF

:TEST
TAXX 1 2 3 -- 5
CALL :SUB 5
GOTO :EOF

:SUB
TAXX 1 2 3 -- %$
GOTO :EOF
 
Sample output, sorry…
Code:
@ECHO -f "%~1" -- %2$
-f "" -- 2 3 -- 5
-f "5" -- 2 3 -- 5
@ECHO -f "%@UNQUOTES[%1]" -- %2$
-f "1" -- 2 3 -- 5
-f "1" -- 2 3 -- 5
 
What's "%~1" supposed to do? Where is it documented?

I found "%~1$" in the help, but that asks for all the parameters 1 to 0!
 
Bizzare it may be, but concise and easy to write.
And of all the things, the current behavior is most surprising.
 
At least a note that
[[/cmdsyntax.htm The CALL-mode parameter expansion]] is not supported in alias parameters and may lead to surprising results. Please use appropriare TC variable functions (@UNQUOTES, @FULL, @DRIVE, @PATH, @NAME, @EXT) instead.
at the top of "Alias Parameters" section of /alias.htm would be enough.
 
Technically, that syntax isn't part of CALL. CMD originally introducted it for FOR arguments, then added it to batch arguments (either starting a batch file directly or through CALL).

Aliases are not the best tool for what you're doing here -- aliases arguments are nothing like batch files arguments. You should be using library functions (or perhaps user-defined functions), which will allow you to use the extended batch argument processing.
 
I'm not near that boat yet, but I'll look int them once I solve more pressing issues.
Thanks for your support, working with 4NT (and TCC) through these years was a pleasure. Mostly.
 

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