Re: [PATCH] Add shell-quasiquote.

[Paul Eggert]

Taylan Ulrich Bayırlı/Kammer wrote:
> (shell-command (shqq (./foo bar baz)))
> /bin/bash: ./foo: No such file or directory
>
> I don't see a problem.

Nor do I. And you can use the same technique to run "./break" or "/bin/break", 
should anyone be crazy enough to create a file with either name. The point is 
that shqq's quoting mechanism doesn't work any better than shell-quote-argument 
does for contrived examples like "break".

> I will use shell-quote-argument once the real problem with it is fixed.

No case has been presented that there's a significant problem with it. The 
argument that one might want to run an executable named "if" is, as you say, a 
trivial one, i.e., not significant.

Yes, there are problems if you use shell-quote-argument with weird shells that 
don't use standard quoting conventions, but that's also true for shqq's or for 
any other quoting function, so it's not a knock on shell-quote-argument's 
implementation.