resurrecting Bud and Rebuild
Frits van Bommel
fvbommel at REMwOVExCAPSs.nl
Tue Feb 13 02:35:47 PST 2007
Walter Bright wrote:
> No paths at all will be allowed in the import string. They'll have to be
> supplied via the -Jpath command line switch. It's probably more
> conservative than necessary, but:
>
> 1) introducing host system dependent path separators makes the source
> code non-portable
Don't all systems in any amount of use these days accept '/'? (Yes, that
includes Windows)
> 2) it gives the 'buildmaster' an easy way to find out and control what
> files are imported
>
> 3) I think it's best to err on the side of conservatism here
Well, at least it won't break any code if you later decide to allow paths...
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