From 1d0f2a5e7b0624a0c04b018f0ce64c060962f3ba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Stephenson
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2017 18:59:01 +0100
Subject: Further clarification about processing of expansions
---
Doc/Zsh/expn.yo | 9 ++++++---
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
(limited to 'Doc/Zsh')
diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/expn.yo b/Doc/Zsh/expn.yo
index c45f83a3e..a61738f84 100644
--- a/Doc/Zsh/expn.yo
+++ b/Doc/Zsh/expn.yo
@@ -21,9 +21,12 @@ xitem(em(Parameter Expansion))
xitem(em(Command Substitution))
xitem(em(Arithmetic Expansion))
item(em(Brace Expansion))(
-These five are performed in one step in left-to-right fashion. After
-these expansions, all unquoted occurrences of the characters `tt(\)',
-`tt(')' and `tt(")' are removed.
+These five are performed in left-to-right fashion. On each argument,
+any of the five steps that are needed are performed one after the other.
+Hence, for example, all the parts of parameter expansion are completed
+before command substitution is started. After these expansions, all
+unquoted occurrences of the characters `tt(\)',`tt(')' and `tt(")' are
+removed.
)
item(em(Filename Expansion))(
If the tt(SH_FILE_EXPANSION) option is set, the order of expansion is
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