Re: inconsistent field splitting

[Andreas Schwab]

Marc Herbert <Marc.Herbert@gmail.com> writes:

> 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.

There is no quoting, the shell just doesn't split into words, which
doesn't make any sense in an assignment.

> Quoting makes a difference in some places but no difference in other
> places (because of some kind of "implicit quoting").

There is a big difference between

$ a=";"

and

$ a=;

Andreas.

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