indeed I wasn't aware, but it does not help me since I cannot do this:

$a="!!"
print -z $a

because it still tries to immediately expand the !!

thanks though

Pier Paolo Grassi
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Il giorno sab 22 feb 2020 alle ore 01:36 Bart Schaefer <
schaefer@brasslantern.com> ha scritto:

> On Thu, Feb 20, 2020 at 5:20 AM Pier Paolo Grassi <pierpaolog@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > 20-02-20 14:16:45 root@bakeca-vivobook Path: ~
> > : print -z '!!'
> > 20-02-20 14:16:47 root@bakeca-vivobook Path: ~
> > : !!
> > print -z '!!'
> >
> > !! is resolved to print -z '!!'
>
> I'm surprised that no one has pointed out that history does not expand
> inside single quotes, but it does in double quotes.
>
> print -z "!!"
>