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Re: Belaboring substitution syntax

On Tue, Nov 15, 2022 at 6:54 PM Ray Andrews <rayandrews@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> There are times when I want to protect but not
> join tho and it gets confusing.

That's almost always the instance in which you want to use
"${array[@]}" or the almost-equivalent "${(@)array}".  The difference
is that you can [sometimes must] use (@) on a nested expansion
"${(@)${somethingthatcreatesanarray}}".
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