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Re: PATCH: pws-21: parentheses in command word

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From: Peter Stephenson <pws@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: zsh-workers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Zsh hackers list)
Subject: Re: PATCH: pws-21: parentheses in command word
Date: Tue, 08 Jun 1999 16:30:46 +0200
In-reply-to: ""Bart Schaefer""'s message of "Tue, 08 Jun 1999 14:51:40 DFT." <990608145140.ZM24078@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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"Bart Schaefer" wrote:
> } For some reason, parentheses are treated specially in the command word in
> } zsh, not just at the start (where, of course, they start a subshell).
>
> They're treated that way because array assignments are in command position.

That's a special case:  if it finds an '=' in the command word, it searches
for a '(' straight afterwards, so the code for searching for a '(' on its
own isn't used.  But maybe it was once.

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References:
- Re: PATCH: pws-21: parentheses in command word
  - From: Bart Schaefer

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