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From: talley@boulder.Central.Sun.COM (Steve Talley)
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Subject: foo.bar(:r) doesn't work
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In zsh-3.1.2, "echo foo.bar(:r)" prints out "foo", whether foo.bar
exists or not.  In 3.1.2-zefram4, I get the error "zsh: no match" when
foo.bar doesn't exist.

Why has this been changed to only work with existing files?  Is there
an option to override this?

Thanks,

Steve