On 07/22/2013 04:18 PM, Rolf Eike Beer wrote: > Since d0170584c54b515b7eb2d044c3d48332523b3a37 there is a comment stating > that > "spaces, quotes, or other characters special in CMake syntax" are not allowed > in a test name. This raised 2 topics:
This was just documenting an existing limitation. > -first: the only check done in add_test() is that the name is not empty. If > there are forbidden characters we must test for them, reject everything that > is invalid, and have a check that verifies that this works. One could add such a check and test with a policy for compatibility if the validation is particularly strict. > -second: what does "special" mean? Look at the CMake language lexer. > I fear that any test name would end up as > some sort of target name in Makefile/project files somewhere They end up in add_test calls in CTestTestfile.cmake files. We might be able to lift some of the limits by re-escaping test names as generated into these files. -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
