Re: IFS field splitting doesn't conform with POSIX

[Chet Ramey]

On 3/30/23 3:18 PM, Lawrence Velázquez wrote:

> > In my view if POSIX was merely descriptive, then the Austin Group
> > would have no need to discuss much, as it's fairly easy to describe
> > what current shells do.
>
> Composing technical specifications that describe implementations'
> shared behaviors while allowing for their idiosyncrasies is more
> involved than you seem to think.

This is well put.

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