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Vim's string handling doesn't make sense?
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Type this into Vim:

:echo 'doesn''t' == "doesn't"

That demonstrates that the literal string exactly equals the regular string.

So why does

:grep -r "doesn't"

work, returning all instances of doesn't, but

:grep -r 'doesn''t'

fails, returning instances of doesnt instead?

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