(Fwd) Re: bug with expansion and backslashes

[Bart Schaefer <schaefer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I suspect Oliver meant to send this to the list.

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From: Oliver Kiddle <okiddle@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Bart Schaefer <schaefer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: bug with expansion and backslashes
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2015 12:40:31 +0200

Bart wrote:
> } What's not clear to me is what problem this patch was trying to solve.
> 
> Look at workers/32186 which refers back to users/18247 and its thread.
 
> I have no objection to backing out that change again, although it works
> as expected when extendedglob is NOT set.

For a 5.0.9, I think it'd be better that the change is backed out than
left as it is.

With regard to 18247, I think Yury's expectation for what ls *\" should
be completed to is the only reasonable one.

Oliver


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