DMD for win32 may have a bug in option -I

[Kirk McDonald]

firstrose wrote:
> When I enter
> 
> dmd -I"C:\Program Files\dmd\src\phobos" hello.d
> 
> it said can't find object.d
> 
> but enter
> 
> dmd -I"C:\Progra~1\dmd\src\phobos" hello.d
> 
> it runs well
> 
> Maybe it's a bug

DMD uses an ancient linker, OPTLINK, which doesn't know how to handle 
paths with spaces in them. Despite this flaw, Walter is enamoured of 
this linker, as it is incredibly fast and optimized.

Because of this, it is customary to not install dmd in Program Files. I 
have it in C:\dmd\dmd and C:\dmd\dm, for instance. The installation 
instructions recommend C:\dmd and C:\dm. The workaround you discovered 
works, also.

-- 
Kirk McDonald
Pyd: Wrapping Python with D
http://pyd.dsource.org