GNU bug report logs - #7563
23.2; `split-string-and-unquote' mis-documented / purpose unclear

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Dave Abrahams <dave <at> boostpro.com>

Date: Sun, 5 Dec 2010 21:24:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 23.2

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #19 received at 7563 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Dave Abrahams <dave <at> boostpro.com>
Cc: 7563 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#7563: one more detail
Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2010 11:51:38 +0200

> From: Dave Abrahams <dave <at> boostpro.com>
> Date: Sun, 5 Dec 2010 19:37:16 -0500
> Cc: 
> 
> split-string-and-unquote and combine-and-quote-strings are introduced
> in ยง37.2 `Shell Arguments', which seems wrong.  The introductory text
> is misleading:
> 
>    The following two functions are useful for creating shell commands
> from individual argument strings, and taking shell command lines apart
> into individual arguments.

I added some more explanations to this introductory text, which
hopefully will make more sense.
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