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Re: Setting $path variable

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From: Bruce Stephens <stephens@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: zsh-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Setting $path variable
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 1996 14:55:09 +0200 (MET DST)
In-reply-to: <199608191250.OAA20626@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> from "Tomas Gradin" at Aug 19, 96 02:50:46 pm

> >Yes, I think this is a feature, not a bug.  You should say
> >"path=($path)" if you want to keep path as an array.
> 
> zsh 2.5.0 did not do this. Should we really change this behaviour?

("path=$path" losing arrayness of path.)  Don't know.  I must confess
it seems more intuitive for a simple assignment of this kind to keep
arrays as arrays, but I assume there are reasons for the current
behaviour.  Does this relate in some way to sh_word_split?

References:
- Re: Setting $path variable
  - From: Tomas Gradin

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