Implemented posix-mode parsing support in shlex.py, as dicussed in
mailing list, and in patch #722686.
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_shlex.py b/Lib/test/test_shlex.py
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+++ b/Lib/test/test_shlex.py
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+# -*- coding: iso-8859-1 -*-
+import unittest
+import os, sys
+import shlex
+
+try:
+    from cStringIO import StringIO
+except ImportError:
+    from StringIO import StringIO
+
+
+# The original test data set was from shellwords, by Hartmut Goebel.
+
+data = r"""x|x|
+foo bar|foo|bar|
+ foo bar|foo|bar|
+ foo bar |foo|bar|
+foo   bar    bla     fasel|foo|bar|bla|fasel|
+x y  z              xxxx|x|y|z|xxxx|
+\x bar|\|x|bar|
+\ x bar|\|x|bar|
+\ bar|\|bar|
+foo \x bar|foo|\|x|bar|
+foo \ x bar|foo|\|x|bar|
+foo \ bar|foo|\|bar|
+foo "bar" bla|foo|"bar"|bla|
+"foo" "bar" "bla"|"foo"|"bar"|"bla"|
+"foo" bar "bla"|"foo"|bar|"bla"|
+"foo" bar bla|"foo"|bar|bla|
+foo 'bar' bla|foo|'bar'|bla|
+'foo' 'bar' 'bla'|'foo'|'bar'|'bla'|
+'foo' bar 'bla'|'foo'|bar|'bla'|
+'foo' bar bla|'foo'|bar|bla|
+blurb foo"bar"bar"fasel" baz|blurb|foo"bar"bar"fasel"|baz|
+blurb foo'bar'bar'fasel' baz|blurb|foo'bar'bar'fasel'|baz|
+""|""|
+''|''|
+foo "" bar|foo|""|bar|
+foo '' bar|foo|''|bar|
+foo "" "" "" bar|foo|""|""|""|bar|
+foo '' '' '' bar|foo|''|''|''|bar|
+\""|\|""|
+"\"|"\"|
+"foo\ bar"|"foo\ bar"|
+"foo\\ bar"|"foo\\ bar"|
+"foo\\ bar\"|"foo\\ bar\"|
+"foo\\" bar\""|"foo\\"|bar|\|""|
+"foo\\ bar\" dfadf"|"foo\\ bar\"|dfadf"|
+"foo\\\ bar\" dfadf"|"foo\\\ bar\"|dfadf"|
+"foo\\\x bar\" dfadf"|"foo\\\x bar\"|dfadf"|
+"foo\x bar\" dfadf"|"foo\x bar\"|dfadf"|
+\''|\|''|
+'foo\ bar'|'foo\ bar'|
+'foo\\ bar'|'foo\\ bar'|
+"foo\\\x bar\" df'a\ 'df'|"foo\\\x bar\"|df'a|\|'df'|
+\"foo"|\|"foo"|
+\"foo"\x|\|"foo"|\|x|
+"foo\x"|"foo\x"|
+"foo\ "|"foo\ "|
+foo\ xx|foo|\|xx|
+foo\ x\x|foo|\|x|\|x|
+foo\ x\x\""|foo|\|x|\|x|\|""|
+"foo\ x\x"|"foo\ x\x"|
+"foo\ x\x\\"|"foo\ x\x\\"|
+"foo\ x\x\\""foobar"|"foo\ x\x\\"|"foobar"|
+"foo\ x\x\\"\''"foobar"|"foo\ x\x\\"|\|''|"foobar"|
+"foo\ x\x\\"\'"fo'obar"|"foo\ x\x\\"|\|'"fo'|obar"|
+"foo\ x\x\\"\'"fo'obar" 'don'\''t'|"foo\ x\x\\"|\|'"fo'|obar"|'don'|\|''|t'|
+'foo\ bar'|'foo\ bar'|
+'foo\\ bar'|'foo\\ bar'|
+foo\ bar|foo|\|bar|
+foo#bar\nbaz|foobaz|
+:-) ;-)|:|-|)|;|-|)|
+áéíóú|á|é|í|ó|ú|
+"""
+
+posix_data = r"""x|x|
+foo bar|foo|bar|
+ foo bar|foo|bar|
+ foo bar |foo|bar|
+foo   bar    bla     fasel|foo|bar|bla|fasel|
+x y  z              xxxx|x|y|z|xxxx|
+\x bar|x|bar|
+\ x bar| x|bar|
+\ bar| bar|
+foo \x bar|foo|x|bar|
+foo \ x bar|foo| x|bar|
+foo \ bar|foo| bar|
+foo "bar" bla|foo|bar|bla|
+"foo" "bar" "bla"|foo|bar|bla|
+"foo" bar "bla"|foo|bar|bla|
+"foo" bar bla|foo|bar|bla|
+foo 'bar' bla|foo|bar|bla|
+'foo' 'bar' 'bla'|foo|bar|bla|
+'foo' bar 'bla'|foo|bar|bla|
+'foo' bar bla|foo|bar|bla|
+blurb foo"bar"bar"fasel" baz|blurb|foobarbarfasel|baz|
+blurb foo'bar'bar'fasel' baz|blurb|foobarbarfasel|baz|
+""||
+''||
+foo "" bar|foo||bar|
+foo '' bar|foo||bar|
+foo "" "" "" bar|foo||||bar|
+foo '' '' '' bar|foo||||bar|
+\"|"|
+"\""|"|
+"foo\ bar"|foo\ bar|
+"foo\\ bar"|foo\ bar|
+"foo\\ bar\""|foo\ bar"|
+"foo\\" bar\"|foo\|bar"|
+"foo\\ bar\" dfadf"|foo\ bar" dfadf|
+"foo\\\ bar\" dfadf"|foo\\ bar" dfadf|
+"foo\\\x bar\" dfadf"|foo\\x bar" dfadf|
+"foo\x bar\" dfadf"|foo\x bar" dfadf|
+\'|'|
+'foo\ bar'|foo\ bar|
+'foo\\ bar'|foo\\ bar|
+"foo\\\x bar\" df'a\ 'df"|foo\\x bar" df'a\ 'df|
+\"foo|"foo|
+\"foo\x|"foox|
+"foo\x"|foo\x|
+"foo\ "|foo\ |
+foo\ xx|foo xx|
+foo\ x\x|foo xx|
+foo\ x\x\"|foo xx"|
+"foo\ x\x"|foo\ x\x|
+"foo\ x\x\\"|foo\ x\x\|
+"foo\ x\x\\""foobar"|foo\ x\x\foobar|
+"foo\ x\x\\"\'"foobar"|foo\ x\x\'foobar|
+"foo\ x\x\\"\'"fo'obar"|foo\ x\x\'fo'obar|
+"foo\ x\x\\"\'"fo'obar" 'don'\''t'|foo\ x\x\'fo'obar|don't|
+"foo\ x\x\\"\'"fo'obar" 'don'\''t' \\|foo\ x\x\'fo'obar|don't|\|
+'foo\ bar'|foo\ bar|
+'foo\\ bar'|foo\\ bar|
+foo\ bar|foo bar|
+foo#bar\nbaz|foo|baz|
+:-) ;-)|:-)|;-)|
+áéíóú|áéíóú|
+"""
+
+class ShlexTest(unittest.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.data = [x.split("|")[:-1]
+                     for x in data.splitlines()]
+        self.posix_data = [x.split("|")[:-1]
+                           for x in posix_data.splitlines()]
+        for item in self.data:
+            item[0] = item[0].replace(r"\n", "\n")
+        for item in self.posix_data:
+            item[0] = item[0].replace(r"\n", "\n")
+
+    def splitTest(self, data, posix, spaces):
+        for i in range(len(data)):
+            l = shlex.split(data[i][0], posix=posix, spaces=spaces)
+            self.assertEqual(l, data[i][1:],
+                             "%s: %s != %s" %
+                             (data[i][0], l, data[i][1:]))
+
+    def oldSplit(self, s):
+        ret = []
+        lex = shlex.shlex(StringIO(s))
+        tok = lex.get_token()
+        while tok:
+            ret.append(tok)
+            tok = lex.get_token()
+        return ret
+    
+    def testSplit(self):
+        """Test data splitting with non-posix parser"""
+        self.splitTest(self.data, posix=0, spaces=0) 
+
+    def testSplitPosix(self):
+        """Test data splitting with posix parser"""
+        self.splitTest(self.posix_data, posix=1, spaces=1) 
+
+    def testCompat(self):
+        """Test compatibility interface"""
+        for i in range(len(self.data)):
+            l = self.oldSplit(self.data[i][0])
+            self.assertEqual(l, self.data[i][1:],
+                             "%s: %s != %s" %
+                             (self.data[i][0], l, self.data[i][1:]))
+
+# Allow this test to be used with old shlex.py
+if not getattr(shlex, "split", None):
+    for methname in dir(ShlexTest):
+        if methname.startswith("test") and methname != "testCompat":
+            delattr(ShlexTest, methname)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()