Subject: bug#63142: 30.0.50; QUOTING_STYLE can break dired

From: Yuri D'Elia <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 02 May 2023 11:35:13 +0200

On Sat, Apr 29 2023, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> > +	(setq switches (concat "--dired -N " switches)))
>> >      ;; Expand directory wildcards and fill file-list.
>> >      (let ((dir-wildcard (insert-directory-wildcard-in-dir-p dir)))
>> >        (cond (dir-wildcard
>>
>> Do we need to prevent "wild" users from setting a conflicting quoting
>> style in `switches'
>
> Why would we want to do that?  If they think they know what they are
> doing, let them live with the consequences.

It's always a good idea to actually have the possibility to override
flags as an escape hatch.