Re: inconsistent field splitting

[Marc Herbert]

> What should a=* or a=$(echo 1 2) do?
> Assign only the first file or just 1 to a? or result in an error?

Probably result in some error; I do not really care in this initial
stage. In any case it should not perform any *implicit* (and
thus confusing) quoting.


> This hardly seem more consistent  or less surprising to me.

Quoting makes a difference in some places but no difference in other
places (because of some kind of "implicit quoting"). This is not
consistent from a syntax perspective.