Re: Unexpected foo==bar errors

[Bart Schaefer <schaefer@brasslantern.com>]

On Feb 7,  7:06pm, Peter Stephenson wrote:
} Subject: Re: Unexpected foo==bar errors
}
} The option is called "equals".  "magicequalsubst" is now redundant; it
} allowed
} 
} typeset foo=<whatever>
} 
} to exapnd <whatever>

Hmm, as far as I can tell "typeset" always applied expansion in that
case, even when it was only a builtin; magicequalsubst is there for
other commands that take long options like --file=path or arguments
that have key=value format.

It's certainly not redundant.