Re: Can this be done with an array parameter?

[Peter Stephenson <pws@xxxxxxx>]

DervishD wrote:
>     Anyway I'm still stunned by the first example I put, the
> assignment to the array in the form array=($array $newitem) Why Zsh
> quotes correctly? (I should define 'correctly' as 'the way I
> wanted'...).

I presume because you're sensible enough not to have sh_word_split set.
You could still do it as

array=("${array[@}" "$newitem")

which is what you'd have to do in bash.

By the way, in 4.1 you can now do

array+=($newitem)

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