Re: [bug-gawk] Gawk 4.0.0 Exec's Weirdly

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2011 17:55:01 +0300
> From: Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden>
> Cc: address@hidden
> 
> The wrapper code is supposed to cause Gawk heed to the SHELL
> environment variable.  I'm inclined to change the wrapper so that if
> SHELL is not defined in the environment, it does nothing and calls the
> original `popen' from the C library with the original command.  If no
> one objects, I will do it when I have time.

On second thought, perhaps instead of bypassing the wrapper, I should
enable a similar wrapper around the call to `system', in which case
both your "System" and "Loop" methods will no longer need extra
quoting.  WDYT?