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@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ Note also the list of incompatibilities in the README file.
Changes since 5.8.1
-------------------
-zsh 5.9 is dedicated in memory of Sven Guckes, who was, amongst other
-things, a long-time zsh advocate.
+zsh 5.9 is dedicated to the memory of Sven Guckes, who was, amongst other
+things, a long-time zsh advocate. For more information, see:
https://linuxnews.de/2022/02/sven-guckes-verstorben/
https://groups.google.com/g/vim_announce/c/MJBKVd-xrEE/m/joVNaDgAAgAJ
@@ -46,6 +46,12 @@ of CLOBBER for empty files only. It is disabled by default.
A (-) expansion flag was added. It works like (n) but correctly sorts
negative numbers.
+The (*) expansion flag enables EXTENDED_GLOB for pattern matching.
+For example, ${(*)sample/(#b)*(pat)*/${match[1]}} uses backreferences
+even if EXTENDED_GLOB is not otherwise set. However, this does not
+descend into nested exapansions, and doubling as (**) does not disable
+EXTENDED_GLOB.
+
The compinit function learnt a -w option to explain why compdump runs.
When run without the -i or -u options and compaudit discovers security
issues, answering "y" to the "Ignore insecure ..." prompt removes the