Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> 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.
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