int need_quoting = 0;
/* Do we need quoting? To be paranoid, we quote anything
- * containing a quote, even though it only matters at the
+ * containing a quote or '(', even though these only matter at the
* beginning, and anything containing non-ASCII text. */
+ if (! term[0])
+ need_quoting = 1;
for (in = term; *in && !need_quoting; in++)
- if (is_unquoted_terminator (*in) || *in == '"'
+ if (is_unquoted_terminator (*in) || *in == '"' || *in == '('
|| (unsigned char)*in > 127)
need_quoting = 1;