AutoGen - The Automated Program Generator: 2.2.5 An Unquoted String

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### 2.2.5 An Unquoted String

A simple string that does not contain white space may be left unquoted. The string must not contain any of the characters special to the definition text (i.e., `"`, `#`, `'`, `(`, `)`, `,`, `;`, `<`, `=`, `>`, `[`, `]`, ```, `{`, or `}`). This list is subject to change, but it will never contain underscore (`_`), period (`.`), slash (`/`), colon (`:`), hyphen (`-`) or backslash (`\\`). Basically, if the string looks like it is a normal DOS or UNIX file or variable name, and it is not one of two keywords (``autogen'` or ``definitions'`) then it is OK to not quote it, otherwise you should.

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