[Boost-build] Bjam /b2 unable to parse some file names with spaces correctly

Subject: [Boost-build] Bjam /b2 unable to parse some file names with spaces correctly
From: Paul A. Bristow (pbristow_at_[hidden])
Date: 2017-02-27 18:08:50

I am baffled (and stuck) by my failure to specify filenames with include spaces correctly.

These specification appears to work as expected

"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\\VC\\bin\\cl.exe"

"C:\\Program Files\\mingw-w64\\x86_64-5.3.0-win32-seh-rt_v4-rev0\\mingw64\\bin\\g++.exe"

but 

"c:\\Program Files\\LLVM\\bin\\clang++.exe"
<linkflags>-L"C:/Program Files (x86)/Windows Kits/10/Lib/10.0.10586.0/ucrt/x64"
<linkflags>"-L"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Windows Kits\\10\\Lib\\10.0.10586.0\\ucrt\\x64""

all fail,

parsed as

-LC:\Program

It is obviously essential to be able to specify Visual Studio files in their standard installed location.

(However daft the idea of not calling the folder Program_Files_32bit ...)

Thanks for any advice (sympathy ...)

Paul

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