[bug?] word based string subscripting past the end
Stephane Chazelas <[email protected]> Sun, 14 Jun 2026 13:15:58 +0100
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$ a='foo bar baz' zsh -c 'print -r - $a[(w)3,(w)3]' baz $ a='foo bar baz' zsh -c 'print -r - $a[(w)3,(w)4]' baz OK but: $ a='foo bar baz' zsh -c 'print -r - $a[(w)4,(w)4]' baz $ a='foo bar baz' zsh -c 'print -r - $a[(w)4,(w)-1]' baz I'd have expected an empty output like for character subscripting or array subscripting: $ a='abc' zsh -c 'print -r - $a[4,4]' $ a='abc' zsh -c 'print -r - $a[4,-1]' $ zsh -c 'a=(a b c); print -r - $a[4,4]' $ zsh -c 'a=(a b c); print -r - $a[4,-1]' $ (with 5.9 and latest devel). Cheers, Stephane