Re: [Help-bash] Word splitting

[Paul-Jürgen Wagner]

On 03.10.2019 14:50, Stephane Chazelas wrote:
> How is using an array (which has been designed for that) to
> store a list of strings not elegant?

If arrays have been designed *for that* (i.e. for overcoming quoting 
difficulties), then they are apparently an elegant solution.

> As a side question, if $s is:
>
> s='foo ~ $(uname) "$(uname) $(whoami)" $PATH'
>
> What elements would you like that to result to?

There is a reason why I haven't included any other expansions in my 
example, as they are beyond what I would need, hence I have no opinion 
about any generalisation.  (Also note that I wasn't asking for a change 
in bashs behaviour or syntax.)

Regards,

Paul