Re: spaces in jamfile

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-01-27 12:30:21

Vladimir Prus <ghost_at_[hidden]> writes:

> On Thursday 27 January 2005 16:52, David Abrahams wrote:
>> Vladimir Prus <ghost_at_[hidden]> writes:
>> > Probably, just the "getenv" rule in Jamfile content, that will peek the
>> > global module and reconstruct spaces:
>> >
>> > rule getenv ( name )
>> > {
>> > local v = [ module.peek : $(name) ] ;
>> > return $(v:J=' ') ;
>> > }
>> >
>> > ? It's a bit easier that a new builtin.
>>
>> But it's not reliable. Hint: what happens if the variable value has
>> two consecutive spaces in it?
>
> Sure, you get burned. Though it probably won't affect 99.9% of all users. But 
> then if we plan to port to Python, we might as well wait till then. Python 
> already has getenv somewhere.

Yes it does. I don't care about this issue enough to press it before
we do the port.

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Dave Abrahams
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