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On Sun, Nov 11, 2018, at 6:59 AM, Alex Musolino wrote:
> Why not just fix it?  This patch [1] seems to do the trick for me.
> 
> Perhaps also worth mentioning is that $"1 is redundant, since $#1 is
> always 1; just say $1.

why add code to support something which doesn't make sense? :)  i thought it was a bug years ago, but then i realised there is no need for it.  unlike the bourne shell, rc doesn't have an obsession with breaking up strings.  once you've got a string in a variable, it's not going to be split again unless passed to eval.  in fact, supporting $"1 could be said to be deceitful, hiding this great feature from newcomers. ;)