Re: RC_EXPAND_PARAM bug

[mason@primenet.com.au (Geoff Wing)]

Zoltan Hidvegi <hzoli@frontiernet.net> typed:
:Bart Schaefer wrote:
:> On Jul 28,  2:42pm, Andrew Main wrote:
:> } % a=(a b)
:> } % x=(x y)
:> } % echo ${^a}1${^x}
:> } a1y b1x b1y
:> It gets weirder:
:> 
:> % echo 1${^a}1${^^x}
:> 1ay 1b1x 1by
:Below is a fix.  The second expansion might still look a bit weird:
:% echo 1${^a}1${^^x}
:1a1x 1ay 1b1x 1by
:
:The logic is that the string after the rc-param, 1${^^x}, is expanded,
:producing two strings, 1x y, which is combined with 1a 1b.  It is true

I don't get this,  shouldn't 1${^^x} produce one string "1x y"?  And then the
expansion of 1${^a}1${^^x} be the string "1a1x y 1b1x y"?  Your logic 
indicates to me that it's producing array like thingies.  Is this dependant
on some other wierd option?  Please explain before I go mental.
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