Assignments to positional parameters using scalar assignment syntax is
a feature: it is covered by upstream's test suite ("append to positional
parameter" in Test/A06assign.ztst).
All these files should be sourced, not executed; and Debian's lintian complains:
W: zsh-syntax-highlighting: script-not-executable usr/share/zsh-syntax-highlighting/zsh-syntax-highlighting.zsh
* Don't override user defined styles
* Better modularisation of highlighters
* Allow to define which highlighters are activated
* Allow to define the order in which they are defined
* Minor performance optimizations
* Fixed some variables leak
* Improve documentation
* Brackets highlighter: use ZSH_HIGHLIGHT_STYLES instead of a specific array