Re: [PATCH] Convert open("-|") to qx{} calls

Johannes> Now that our local Perl guru joined the discussion, may I ask what Johannes> is, and what is not quoted when put inside qx{}?

Nothing is quoted.  Your string acts as if it was XXX in:

        sh -c 'XXX'

so any quoting is entirely on your own. Thus, without the multi-arg exec in my proposed replacement, you can get shell-ish interactions that can ruin your day pretty bad.

Johannes> I had the Johannes> impression that all arguments are quoted, except that variables are Johannes> resolved first. Was that wrong? IOW does

Johannes> 	qx{bash $variable}

Johannes> quote the value of $variable, or not?

The Perl $variable is expanded to its current contents. But suppose the contents are `date` (including the backquotes). That would mean that a shell would execute a date command, and *its* output would then contribute further to the command invocation.