From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 23549 invoked from network); 17 Aug 1998 17:20:45 -0000 Received: from math.gatech.edu (list@130.207.146.50) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 17 Aug 1998 17:20:45 -0000 Received: (from list@localhost) by math.gatech.edu (8.9.1/8.9.1) id NAA26252; Mon, 17 Aug 1998 13:07:20 -0400 (EDT) Resent-Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 13:07:14 -0400 (EDT) From: "Bart Schaefer" Message-Id: <980817100920.ZM739@candle.brasslantern.com> Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 10:09:20 -0700 In-Reply-To: <199808171445.PAA24008@diamond.tao.co.uk> Comments: In reply to "Zefram" "Re: Parameter Expansion questions" (Aug 17, 3:45pm) References: <199808171445.PAA24008@diamond.tao.co.uk> X-Mailer: Z-Mail (4.0b.820 20aug96) To: "Zefram" , zsh-users@math.gatech.edu Subject: Re: Parameter Expansion questions MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Resent-Message-ID: <"Li4uA.0.kP6.2D6sr"@math> Resent-From: zsh-users@math.gatech.edu X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/1727 X-Loop: zsh-users@math.gatech.edu X-Loop: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu Precedence: list Resent-Sender: zsh-workers-request@math.gatech.edu On Aug 17, 3:45pm, Zefram wrote: } Subject: Re: Parameter Expansion questions } } zsh doesn't perform field splitting on the RHS of scalar variable } assignments. It does when shwordsplit is set, but not with ${=param}. That seems a bit counterintuitive. Of course, you don't really notice unless IFS has been changed, but ... -- Bart Schaefer Brass Lantern Enterprises http://www.well.com/user/barts http://www.brasslantern.com