From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 10246 invoked by alias); 14 Jan 2017 21:44:15 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@zsh.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes List-Id: Zsh Users List List-Post: List-Help: X-Seq: 22390 Received: (qmail 15108 invoked from network); 14 Jan 2017 21:44:15 -0000 X-Qmail-Scanner-Diagnostics: from mercury.zanshin.com by f.primenet.com.au (envelope-from , uid 7791) with qmail-scanner-2.11 (clamdscan: 0.99.2/21882. spamassassin: 3.4.1. Clear:RC:0(64.84.47.142):SA:0(-0.0/5.0):. Processed in 1.748665 secs); 14 Jan 2017 21:44:15 -0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.1 (2015-04-28) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.0 required=5.0 tests=SPF_PASS autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.1 X-Envelope-From: schaefer@brasslantern.com X-Qmail-Scanner-Mime-Attachments: | X-Qmail-Scanner-Zip-Files: | Received-SPF: pass (ns1.primenet.com.au: SPF record at ipost.com designates 64.84.47.142 as permitted sender) Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2017 13:43:39 -0800 (PST) From: Bart Schaefer Reply-To: Bart Schaefer To: zsh-users@zsh.org Subject: Re: whence question In-Reply-To: <20170114205641.GB6210@fujitsu.shahaf.local2> Message-ID: References: <652bcc3f-7365-2e52-d39c-8576278606bc__74.9235078275845$1484367323$gmane$org@eastlink.ca> <20170114044044.GA4002@fujitsu.shahaf.local2> <4981e434-473a-4dca-5d03-fea2e3051c1b@eastlink.ca> <63d2b432-4ca9-0e85-014c-333cb0f46836@eastlink.ca> <20170114205641.GB6210@fujitsu.shahaf.local2> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (LRH 1167 2008-08-23) X-Face: "f/X=UCVgd*^c>+x(gMq0at?e:woX+;'snkkRzc3SX<0AZ (/PS4.M2hzGS9X:Qj]at_H/%a9K}:-eS<"v_7vX84PG9Bf Zpb`wI!I4geY=or+nWq`3CX`oq&TJR;g^ps|7(MH?jh;bs %vHJfCh5>a*6Re5m|Bidja\\o]>n\A)ib1:yX*T`zR(*h~ %tOw<~!D9{e6h!8M2:d8G2@K>y^1I_Vdy\d\MYe]z7c MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: MULTIPART/MIXED; BOUNDARY="1413522991-1081414698-1484430220=:4560" --1413522991-1081414698-1484430220=:4560 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT On Sat, 14 Jan 2017, Daniel Shahaf wrote: > «${~@}» happens to be a transformation that takes a "$@", interprets > every word in it as a glob, and returns a list of words. (Without the > round parentheses, it'd return something else.) Although strictly accurate, that's making it seem more mysterious than it is. It still returns the same glob results, and in the absence of the assignment it would be the same list of words, but in an assignment without the parentheses it would create a string by joining the words together. --1413522991-1081414698-1484430220=:4560--