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Confused about parameters again

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From: "Nikolai Weibull" <now@xxxxxxxx>
To: "ZSH Users" <zsh-users@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Confused about parameters again
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 14:59:15 +0100
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I've always lived under the illusion that Zsh respected empty
parameters.  However, there's apparently a difference between invoking

count-arguments () { print $# }

as

% local empty=
% count-arguments $empty

and

% count-arguments "$empty"

I guess not all parameters are created equal, after all...why?

Follow-Ups:
- Re: Confused about parameters again
  - From: Peter Stephenson

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