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Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2012 09:40:07 +0800
From: Han Pingtian <hanpt@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
To: zsh-users@zsh.org
Subject: Re: splitting in assignment forms of expansion
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On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 06:41:25AM +0200, Mikael Magnusson wrote:
> On 27/09/2012, Han Pingtian <hanpt@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > The manpage of zshexpn states about "${=...}":
> >
> >       Note  that  splitting is applied to word in the assignment forms
> >       of spec before  the  assignment  to  name  is  performed.   This
> >       affects the result of array assignments with the A flag.
> >
> > but looks like the splitting isn't applied to word first:
> >
> > % print -l ${=xx::=foo           bar}
> > foo
> > bar
> > %  print -l $xx
> > foo           bar
> > %
> >
> > I'm confused on this. Please help.
> 
> If you actually use the (A) flag,
> % print -l ${=xx::=foo bar} . $xx . ${(A)=xx::=foo bar} . $xx
> foo
> bar
> .
> foo bar
> .
> foo
> bar
> .
> foo
> bar
OK thanks. I'll remember this only works with (A) flag.
> 
> -- 
> Mikael Magnusson