- if ('\"' != buf[*pos] || ! (ARGS_QUOTED & fl)) {
- *v = &buf[*pos];
-
- /*
- * Thar be dragons here! If we're tab-separated, search
- * ahead for either a tab or the `Ta' macro.
- * If a `Ta' is detected, it must be space-buffered before and
- * after. If either of these hold true, then prune out the
- * extra spaces and call it an argument.
- */
-
- if (ARGS_TABSEP & fl) {
- /* Scan ahead to unescaped tab. */
-
- p = strchr(*v, '\t');
-
- /* Scan ahead to unescaped `Ta'. */
-
- for (pp = *v; ; pp++) {
- if (NULL == (pp = strstr(pp, "Ta")))
- break;
- if (pp > *v && ' ' != *(pp - 1))
- continue;
- if (' ' == *(pp + 2) || 0 == *(pp + 2))
- break;
- }
+ /*
+ * First handle TABSEP items, restricted to `Bl -column'. This
+ * ignores conventional token parsing and instead uses tabs or
+ * `Ta' macros to separate phrases. Phrases are parsed again
+ * for arguments at a later phase.
+ */