define core zsh variables early

diff --git a/.zsh/zshenv/10_zvars b/.zsh/zshenv/10_zvars
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+# zshenv/10_zvars
+#
+# set a number of core zsh variables
+#
+# Copyright © 1994–2008 martin f. krafft <madduck@madduck.net>
+# Released under the terms of the Artistic Licence 2.0
+#
+# Source repository: http://git.madduck.net/v/etc/zsh.git
+#
+
+# use $TMPDIR for TMPPREFIX
+TMPPREFIX="$TMPDIR/zsh"
+
+# vim:ft=zsh