> On Nov 27, 2019, at 1:33 PM, Marc Chantreux <eiro@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > hello, > >> Are you saying that ‘\0’ is a quoted null character while $’\0’ >> is a quoted string with one character which is a null and somehow >> zsh keeps quoted characters different from quoted strings? > > the opposite: $'' is yet another quoting style in zsh to know what > will be expanded > > | "" $'' '' none > ---+----------------- > $ | yes no no yes > \ | yes yes no no[1] > > [1] remove the '\' symbol > > print -r "\n" $'\n' '\n' \n | xxd > > first i was confused because by default, print interpolate \ > before printing as long as you don't use -r. > > so > > x='\0' > print $x > x=$'\0' > print $x > > looks the same AH!! So… testing with “print” (without -r) has pitfalls… I had no idea print was interpreting things on output… thank you all for your patience
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