--- subst.c.orig	Tue Feb 19 09:29:06 2002
+++ subst.c	Tue Feb 19 09:30:01 2002
@@ -1339,7 +1339,7 @@ split_at_delims (string, slen, delims, s
 	break;
 
       i = te /* + member (string[te], d) */;
-      while (member (string[i], d) && whitespace(string[i]))
+      while (member (string[i], d) && spctabnl (string[i]))
 	i++;
 
       if (string[i])