Re: [cdt-core-dev] question about project naming

[Tom Tromey <tromey@xxxxxxxxxx>]

>>>>> "Thomas" == Thomas Fletcher <thomasf@xxxxxxx> writes:

>> Why is this restriction here?

Thomas> It is a badly located build restriction, but it stems from the
Thomas> fact that make doesn't handle spaces very well.

I thought it might be something like that.

I think this is only really a problem if your Makefile actually
contains a path with a space in it.  In many situations this won't
occur.

Also, space isn't the only objectionable character :-(.  At least tab
and `:' are as well (`:' is especially weird in a couple respects).
You may also find problems with `$' and `='.  (make is, umm, lexically
challenged.)

Rather than complaining to the user up front, though, I think it would
make sense to let them name the project whatever they like.  We don't
know a priori that they'll even be using make, or that their Makefile
will include the pwd in it.  The user can always rename the project if
he runs into trouble.

Tom