Re: How does quote removal work with alternative forms of parameter expansion?

[Lawrence Velázquez]

On Sun, May 26, 2024, at 8:19 PM, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> What I would do is put the default string in a variable (which you can
> quote however you need to), and then use that variable in the conditional
> expansion.

This is also the advice given by the Autoconf manual.

https://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/manual/autoconf-2.72/html_node/Shell-Substitutions.html#index-_0024_007bvar_002dvalue_007d

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