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From: Vincent Lefevre <Vincent.Lefevre@ens-lyon.fr>
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Subject: Empty array and parameter expansion
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I don't understand the following behavior (with zsh 3.0.5):

% i=test
% a=()
% a=($a $i)
% echo $a
$i

I would have thought that "test" would be printed.
Is it a bug or a strange feature?

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