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string[x,y]=foo assignments where y < x

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From: Stephane Chazelas <stephane@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: string[x,y]=foo assignments where y < x
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2022 13:53:24 +0100
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$ zsh -c 'a=abcde; a[4,0]=XX; echo $ZSH_VERSION $a'
5.9 abcXXabcde

I expected abcXXde like for:

$ zsh -c 'a=(a b c d e); a[4,0]=XX; typeset $a'
a=( a b c XX d e )

Is that expected behaviour?

In any case, I can always do:

a[4,3]=XX

or

a[3]+=XX

to get the behaviour I expect

-- 
Stephane

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