On 02/28/2013 11:37 AM, Stephen Kelly wrote: > I didn't realize it before, but this seems to already be the case, right (in > a world without genexes)? > > set(COMMARGS one two\\;three "four\\;five") > > echo one two three "four;five" six "seven;eight" "nine\\;ten"
Yes. The \\; escape isn't automatically added by set() when combining lists. It is simply not possible to have ; in the payload of list elements reliably. > Yes, fair enough. I wonder if there are bugs in the use of eg $<1:foo,bar> > with COMMANDs, but if there are, they're already in 2.8.10.2 anyway. Yes. > I don't think it handles foo\\;bar either. That's probably something which > should be fixed. There shouldn't be any situation where ExpandListArgument > can be used but genex::Split can't be. Yes. This function is one of the hot spots in runtime profiling, so check performance before and after any change you make. -Brad -- Powered by www.kitware.com Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://public.kitware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/cmake-developers
