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diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/expn.yo b/Doc/Zsh/expn.yo index 20e0c8d35..4c373d1f2 100644 --- a/Doc/Zsh/expn.yo +++ b/Doc/Zsh/expn.yo @@ -1033,7 +1033,16 @@ var(name) used in this fashion. If used with a nested parameter or command substitution, the result of that will be taken as a parameter name in the same way. For example, if you have `tt(foo=bar)' and `tt(bar=baz)', the strings tt(${(P)foo}), -tt(${(P)${foo}}), and tt(${(P)$(echo bar)}) will be expanded to `tt(baz)'. +tt(${(P)${foo}}), and tt(${(P)$(echo bar)}) will be expanded to +`tt(baz)'. + +Likewise, if the reference is itself nested, the expression with the +flag is treated as if it were directly replaced by the parameter name. +It is an error if this nested substitution produces an array with more +than one word. For example, if `tt(name=assoc)' where the parameter +tt(assoc) is an associative array, then +`tt(${${(P)name}[elt]})' refers to the element of the associative +subscripted `tt(elt)'. ) item(tt(q))( Quote characters that are special to the shell in the resulting words with |