Note about smart quotes #11401
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Prior to this change, the `about_Quoting_Rules` topic document didn't indicate that PowerShell treats smart/typographic quotation marks as normal/programmer quotation marks, making them subject to the same escaping and quoting behaviors. This change: - Adds a note about smart quotation marks and guidance to avoid using them to enclose strings. - Adds an example of escaping smart quotation marks. - Fixes AB#309820 - Resolves MicrosoftDocs#11401
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(Sorry to bother you again with a minor issue 😊)
In the Quoting rules document, I think it would make sense to make note that smart quotes are interpreted as dump quotes and therefore also need to be escaped in a literal sting, e.g.:
'`‘Hello,`’ he said, `‘to you`’'It might also be a worth to mention to avoid enclosing strings with smart quotes
#1936.Related: https://stackoverflow.com/a/78961908/1701026
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https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.core/about/about_quoting_rules?view=powershell-7.4
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https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/PowerShell-Docs/blob/main/reference/7.4/Microsoft.PowerShell.Core/About/about_Quoting_Rules.md
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@sdwheeler
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0b3f8e35-a9eb-affd-4bef-c6d584373914
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