# args, so each arg winds up back in the position where it started, but
        # possibly modified.
        #
        # NB: a `for` loop captures its iteration list before it begins, so
        # changing the positional parameters here affects neither the number of
        # iterations, nor the values presented in `arg`.
        shift                   # remove old arg
        set -- "$@" "$arg"      # push replacement arg
    done
fi

        # args, so each arg winds up back in the position where it started, but
        # possibly modified.
        #
        # NB: a `for` loop captures its iteration list before it begins, so
        # changing the positional parameters here affects neither the number of
        # iterations, nor the values presented in `arg`.
        shift                   # remove old arg
        set -- "$@" "$arg"      # push replacement arg
    done
fi