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| From | Doug McIlroy <doug@cs.dartmouth.edu> |
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| Subject | eqn mishandles quoted strings in macro arguments |
| Date | Tue, 10 Mar 2020 21:39:09 -0400 |
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Eqn does not take quotes into account when parsing macro
arguments. Example:
.EQ
define f % $1 %
f("a,b")
.EN
Eqn thinks the call of f has two arguments, each with an
unmatched quote. This interpretation violates the plain
meaning of this statement in classic (e.g v7 and v10)
man pages for eqn: `Strings enclosed in double quotes " "
are passed through untouched.' (Full disclosure: v7
eqn did not support macros with arguments; v10 eqn did.)
Doug McIlroy
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