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From: Jurko Gospodnetić (jurko.gospodnetic_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-07-11 13:25:49


   Hi Stefan.

> Out of curiosity (since I have run into similar errors in the past,
> too): why does whitespace matter ?

   I guess the Jamfile parser as found in the original Perforce JAM
language implementation had this issue and no one went and worked around
it. :-)

   And yes... it can get quite irritating... :-) On the other hand, once
you get used to it (and that moment comes along rather quickly) you stop
noticing the issue all together and after that moment I can realize why
it no longer represents 'and itch to scratch' for anyone. :-)

   Best regards,
     Jurko Gospodnetić


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