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On 12/18/2014 08:14 PM, Kurtis Rader wrote:

Kurtis,
>
> Ray, You really do not want to set non-default zsh options related to 
> emulating the behavior of a different shell.
It's ok, I'm just fooling around with stuff I read in Peter and Oliver's 
book.  They recommend 'rc_expand_param', so I'm trying it out.  I expect 
bumps.

...
Nonetheless, at a first glance it does appear that the zsh 
RC_EXPAND_PARAM option behavior is not consistent with the rc shell.

Well then! What Kurtis shows happening sure looks friendlier to me. So ...