From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Fri, 20 May 2016 16:03:31 GMT
Subject: Re: t0008 test fails with ksh
Message-ID: <xmqqr3cwg1ik.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <20160512182055.GB13886@sigill.intra.peff.net>

Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

>   ... However,
>   the double-quote character ( '"' ) shall not be treated specially
>   within a here-document, except when the double-quote appears within
>   "$()", "``", or "${}".
>
> So OK, that sounds like ksh is doing the right thing. But what's that
> "specially" in the last sentence?

I would say: Just like \X is passed thru as-is without losing \, \"
is passed thru without losing \, because " is not special, just like
X is not special.

> Anyway, it doesn't really matter what the standard says. We can spell
> this in a less ambiguous way, and it does not hurt too much to do so.

Yes.