A value like `X=a` would pass the startsWith/endsWith quote check
(both `"` and `'` are single chars), then slice(1, -1) would produce
an empty string, silently dropping the value. Add length >= 2 guard
before checking for surrounding quotes.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
