> So I'd welcome commands which > behave the new way, and I wouldn't have a problem calling them by > other names.
My thinking is that a shell with slightly different command execution semantics may be required, together with commands and/or built-in commands and functions that behave consistently with the shell's philosophical design. In addition, I don't think an empty list should ever be implied, or at minimum ought to be able to be specified explicitly, () would suit me fine, '' may or may not be a viable alternative. But we've drifted off a critique of conventional usage to the realms of philosophical design and the terms of discussion are now very different. ++L
