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Re: DEP 5 and directory/file names with spaces



On 18:28 Mon 08 Jun     , Bernd Eckenfels wrote:
> In article <[🔎] 20090608030732.GC15862@dario.dodds.net> you wrote:
> > space-separated
> >   Files: a\ b c d\ e\ f g.*
> > 
> > comma-separated
> >   Files: a\,b, c, d\,e\,f, g.*
> > 
> > For my part I'm actually inclined to say that the latter is more readable,
> > but let's get the rationale right. :)
> 
> Given the fact that most files will not contain spaces, it is more like:
> 
> Files: ab c de f g.*
> Files: ab,c,de,f,g.*
> 
> (and the problem that people tend to use blanks after comma and you need to
> account for linebreaks and indention).

That's only a parsing issue. Removing a blank or a tab at the end or the start
of a line is easy. What is relevant is after the first character and before the
last character of a line.

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