52176: metafy return from ${ ... } substitution

2 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index e12ed92e0..e4965b804 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2023-09-22  Bart Schaefer  <schaefer@zsh.org>
+
+	* 52176: Src/subst.c: metafy return from ${ ... } substitution
+	(adapted from Jun T.: 52172)
+
 2023-09-20  Oliver Kiddle  <opk@zsh.org>
 
 	* Jörg Sommer: 51747: Functions/Misc/run-help-ip:
diff --git a/Src/subst.c b/Src/subst.c
index dc2052ee0..f37ae935e 100644
--- a/Src/subst.c
+++ b/Src/subst.c
@@ -2003,11 +2003,12 @@ paramsubst(LinkList l, LinkNode n, char **str, int qt, int pf_flags,
 	    } else	/* parse error */
 		errflag |= ERRFLAG_ERROR;
 	    if (rplytmp && !errflag) {
-		int onoerrs = noerrs;
+		int onoerrs = noerrs, rplylen;
 		noerrs = 2;
-		if ((cmdarg = ztuff(rplytmp)))
-		    setsparam("REPLY", cmdarg);
+		rplylen = zstuff(&cmdarg, rplytmp);
 		noerrs = onoerrs;
+		if (rplylen >= 0)
+		    setsparam("REPLY", metafy(cmdarg, rplylen, META_REALLOC));
 	    }
 	}