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trivial syntax issue

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From: Ray Andrews <rayandrews@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Zsh Users <zsh-users@xxxxxxx>
Subject: trivial syntax issue
Date: Wed, 6 May 2026 14:04:55 -0700
Archived-at: <https://zsh.org/users/30647>
List-id: <zsh-users.zsh.org>

% a=(junk*(N)); [[ $a ]] && echo TRUE
TRUE

% a=(zzz*(N)); [[ $a ]] && echo TRUE

% [[ (zzz*(N)) ]] && echo TRUE
TRUE

... I'd expect the 3d line to work as a naive simplification but it returns true every time. Can it be fixed?

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