John H. Robinson, IV wrote:
..
$ a="one two three"; program $a

 a="'one two three'"; program "$a"

gives the desired single-token arg

>
> $ a='"one two three"'; set $a; echo $1.$2.$3
> "one.two.three"

 a="one two three"; set "$a"; echo "($1) ($2)"
gives
 (one two three) ()


..jim


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