Re: master 0c28223 2/3: ; * etc/NEWS: Fix wording in a recent addition.

[Andreas Schwab]

On Jul 15 2021, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

>> From: Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>
>> Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2021 13:53:20 +0200
>> 
>> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>> 
>> >  *** New function 'split-string-shell-command'.
>> > -This splits a shell string into separate components, respecting single
>> > -and double quotes, as well as backslash quoting.
>> > +This splits a shell command string into separate components,
>> > +respecting quoting with single ('like this') and double ("like this")
>> > +quotes, as well as backslash quoting (like\ this).
>> 
>> Arguably nit-picking, but would it better to say "a string containing
>> a shell command"?  It could be unclear here what a "shell command
>> string" is; a reader might believe it's a special string type.
>
> "A string containing SOMETHING" sounds strange to me.  In particular,
> it could be interpreted to mean the string contains something else, in
> addition to the shell command.  "Shell command string" is a string
> that is a shell command.

It is a string that is treated as a shell command.  What the string
actually contains isn't the point.

Andreas.

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