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Subject: Re: Quote file name args to start-process-shell-command?
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> Cc: David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>,  Andreas Schwab <schwab@suse.de>,
> 	  Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>,  emacs-devel@gnu.org,
> 	  Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman.073@student.lu.se>
> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
> Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 15:47:28 -0400
> 
> > It is often convenient to build the arguments in separate groups; a
> > single string would be awkward.
> 
> Is (mapconcat 'identity foo " ") really awkward?

It's more awkward than just calling a function with a list.