Word split

[Bernd Eggink <eggink@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

I have a problem with word splitting in 3.1.2:

	x='a::b'
	y=(${(s(:)x})

I wanted $y to hold 3 elements, with an empty $y[2], but the result is
an array with 2 elements, 'a' and 'b'. This would be OK if at least 

	y=("${(@s(:)x}")

gave 3 elements, but it doesn't either. This is inconsistent with the
behaviour of

	setopt shwordsplit; IFS=:; y=($x) 

which results in an array of length 3.

Any comments?

	Bernd

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