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Unterminated for loop

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From: Roman Perepelitsa <roman.perepelitsa@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Zsh Users <zsh-users@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Unterminated for loop
Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2023 20:46:17 +0200
Archived-at: <https://zsh.org/users/29082>
List-id: <zsh-users.zsh.org>

If I type `for x;` (without the quotes) and press ENTER in an interactive zsh, I end up in PS2. However, the exact same sequence of characters is treated as a complete command in a script or function. Why is that?

$ zsh -f

% () { for x; }

% zsh -fc 'for x;'

% for x;

for>

Roman.

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