[JNRowe]

One way which isn't great, but an option nonetheless… The zsh parser is happy with that form:

    $ zsh -c '< <(echo hi) while read a; do echo "got $a"; done'
    got hi

My position isn't that it is a good reason to switch shells, but if you're using it anyway then it is an option.

[fiddlerwoaroof]

I’ve always preferred zsh and, as I’ve slowly adopted nix, I’ve slowly stopped writing bash in favor of zsh