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Re: can print but not assign to variable

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From: Ray Andrews <rayandrews@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: zsh-users@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: can print but not assign to variable
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2022 17:00:19 -0700
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With EXTENDED_GLOB enabled, "#i" is treated as a glob, but this
fails because it is an invalid pattern.

	% setopt EXTENDED_GLOB
	% var=(#i)$cmd
	zsh: bad pattern: #i

I crashed into that. Sheesh, there's one case where EXTENDED_GLOB islimiting. Very confusing.

Follow-Ups:
- Re: can print but not assign to variable
  - From: Lawrence Velázquez

References:
- can print but not assign to variable
  - From: Ray Andrews
- Re: can print but not assign to variable
  - From: Roman Perepelitsa
- Re: can print but not assign to variable
  - From: Ray Andrews
- Re: can print but not assign to variable
  - From: Lawrence Velázquez
- Re: can print but not assign to variable
  - From: Ray Andrews
- Re: can print but not assign to variable
  - From: Lawrence Velázquez

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