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In article <8909271448.AA28013@abel.math.uiuc.edu> skl@ABEL.MATH.UIUC.EDU (Soren Lundsgaard) writes:
>There is one bug report which I submitted which is still
>outstanding:  ${1+"$@"} is not expanded correctly if there is a
>word with a space in it.

Quoting from the SunOS 4.0 sh man page, which is derived from that of Sys 5
release 3.1:

"Blank Interpretation

After parameter and command substitution, the results of substitution are
scanned for internal field separator characters (those found in IFS) and
split into distinct arguments where such characters are found.  Explicit
null arguments ("" or '') are retained.  Implicit null arguments (those
resulting from parameters that have no values) are removed."

This sounds pretty much like what bash is doing.  If you want to preserve
quotes, quote the whole thing ("${1+$@}").

I don't have a copy of the POSIX 1003.2 spec (the defining document for
bash), but I assume it was derived from the System V Release 3 sh man page
(or at least that man page was used as a reference for this behavior).

Chet Ramey
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