On 15 May 2017 at 16:54, Erik Quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net> wrote:

> if we implement the right thing, then arguments like --fu=bar will be
> 'eaten silently' from the perspective of the (human) operator.  sure gigo,
> but this seems extra hard o get right in a Unix environment.


It would be better then to leave things as they are.
= is part of rc syntax, like {} and (), and it interprets it, not the
commands, unless quoted.