Re: use-cases promote thinking of limited application

[Koichi Murase]

2021年8月23日(月) 13:40 L A Walsh <bash@tlinx.org>:
>
> On 2021/08/22 19:14, Koichi Murase wrote:
> > I'd guess Ilkka has asked the use case for this particular output
> > format, i.e., the quoted fields inside a single word.  If the purpose
> > is organizing the data, I would naturally expect the result in the
> > following more useful format in separate words without quoting:
> >
> > <adsf>
> > <456 789>
> > <foo bar>
> > <123 456>
> >
> ----
>     Exactly -- "you" would expect that "some other format" would
> better meet the specific use-case - which is often used as a reason
> to not implement the specific feature.

Maybe I miss your point, but

  <adsf "456 789" "foo bar" "123 456" >

is already implemented behavior of Bash 5.1.  Ilkka just asked for an
explanation of the existing feature (but does not try to reject a
feature suggestion for lack of useful use cases).