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From:	Bengt Kleberg <bengt@softwell.se>
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To:	bengt@softwell.se, byron@rakitzis.com, rc@hawkwind.utcs.toronto.edu,
	tjg@star.le.ac.uk
Subject: Re: ifs substitution, how should it work?

> From: Byron Rakitzis <byron@rakitzis.com>
> So,
> 	ifs='abc'
> and
>	ifs=(a b c)
> should accomplish the same thing.
> Isn't that what you want?

No. I wanted ifs = (abc)
Ie, 
; x = ``(abc) {echo -n 1a2b3abc4c5}
; echo $x => 1a2b3 4c5

This is (IMHO) better, but I presume that there is too much code out there
that depends upon ifs='abc' beeing equal to ifs=(abc).
What if I volunteered to fix everybody elses code for them (provided that they send it to me :-)


Best Wishes, Bengt
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