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Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2016 16:12:44 +0100
From: Stephane Chazelas <stephane.chazelas@gmail.com>
To: Zsh hackers list <zsh-workers@zsh.org>
Subject: $^=var and leading/trailing blanks
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$ a='  a b '
$ print -l +$^=a
+
+a
+b
+
$ print -l "${(@)^=a}"

a
b

$ print -l +${^${=a}}
+a
+b

Why the extra first and last element the the first two commands?

-- 
Stephane