xspace inserts a space when used inside \enquote

Question

Am I wrong in thinking that \xspace should not introduce a space when used inside an \enquote command as used in the following MWE? And how can I get the two to work together?

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{csquotes}
\usepackage{xspace}

\newcommand{\test}{test\xspace}

\begin{document}
    \test. \test, ``\test'' \test \enquote{\test} \test \enquote{\test}. 
\end{document}

Output from the MWE

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/86565/drawbacks-of-xspace/86620#86620 — David Carlisle, Jun 25 '15 at 12:40

score 8 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:35

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You can add csquotes end of argument marker to the xspace list of exceptions:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{csquotes}
\usepackage{xspace}
\makeatletter
\xspaceaddexceptions{\csq@qclose@i}
\makeatletter

\newcommand{\test}{test\xspace}

\begin{document}
    \test. \test, ``\test'' \test \enquote{\test} \test \enquote{\test}. 
\end{document}

But note problems like this are inevitable and predicted:

Drawbacks of xspace

xspace inserts a space when used inside \enquote

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