Re: shell quoting

[Edgar Fuß <ef%math.uni-bonn.de@localhost>]

This is getting interesting.

> In the 2024 edition of POSIX, they invented something called a
> "declaration utility" in which arguments that look like assignments
> (an unquoted name, '=', and then any remainder of the word) are
> parsed, and evaluated, as if they were assignment statements).
While this adds yet another attribute to the built-in/implemented-as-built-in/ 
special-built-in zoo of utilities, I tend to like the concept.

> Our shell doesn't do that, that is, we have zero declaration utilities
So for the $1="a b" case, this makes
	foo=$1
behave diffently from
	local foo=$1
and
	export foo=$1
. Of course one could argue (and I would expect KRE to argue that way) that 
yes, that's the way sh works, and everyone In The Know would expect this, and
	assign foo=$1
would also behave that way no matter how "assign" is defined (well, I would't 
bet KRE couldn't make up a definition that makes it work the assignment way, 
but I myself can't).

Another point is that That GNU Monstrosity behaves the way I would (sorry) 
have expected.

> and probably never will, there is no reason to do it
Depending on your mindset, it would follow POLA.