Re: The q parameter expansion flag does not support Unicode

[Vincent Lefevre <vincent@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 2026-07-12 19:55:55 +0100, Stephane Chazelas wrote:
> Same for my first name with the é in decomposed form (e followed by
> combining acute accent):
> 
> $ var=$'Ste\u301phane'
> $ print -r - ${(q)var}
> Stéphane
> $ echo Ste<0301>phane # after TAB
> $ echo ${(m)#var[4]}
> 0
> 
> Having Ste$'\314'$'\201'phane here would make it a lot less readable.

Correctness in various contexts is also important. There should be a
quoting mechanism that is safe for commands/scripts put on web pages
or e-mail messages, or copy-pastable from text terminals. Zero-width
characters are not guaranteed to be preserved.

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