From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Fri, 2 Jan 2026 16:18:39 +0200, Michael S wrote:   
      
   > Experimenting with _spawnv() shows that Microsoft made no effort in the   
   > direction of invertible serialization/de-serialization of argv[] lists.   
   > That is, as long as there are no double quotes, everything works as   
   > expected. But when there are double quotes in the original argv[] then   
   > more often than not they can't be passed exactly.   
      
   And every now and then, this kind of fudging can progress beyond   
   regular inflammation sadness into the full-fledged tumour of a Windows   
   security hole   
   .   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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