Tripped over the following on Linux & BSD:

   bash$ echo $USER
   tim
   bash$ echo $UID
   1000
   bash$ vim
   :echo $USER
   tim
   :echo $UID
   :echo expand('$UID')
   1000

Note that the ":echo $UID" didn't actually return anything. Yet
running it through expand() produced the expected result.  I
confirmed the behavior to make sure that it wasn't some redraw issue,
using the expression register in insert-mode, inserting =$UID and
=expand('$UID') and got the same mismatched behavior.

Based on the description of "expr9" at ":help expression-syntax",
"$VAR" should contain that environment variable's content.

Is there something I'm missing here or reasoning for the difference?
Or documentation that I missed?

Thanks!

-tim



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