On Mon, Feb 13, 2006 at 06:08:57PM +0000, Peter Stephenson wrote:
> unfortunately the saga continues...

:-)  Yup.  Thanks for the extensive testing!

> % fn() { local IFS=.-; print -l ${=1:-$ZSH_VERSION}; }
> % fn
> 4.3.0-dev-3

The attached patch fixes this by temporarily setting SHWORDSPLIT
during the multsub() call when '=' was specified.  I also tested
that this change works properly with ${=1:-"$ZSH_VERSION"} (i.e.
giving the output above).

..wayne..