Re: [Chicken-users] Extension loading problems in CMake/MinGW csi binary

[John Cowan]

Brandon J. Van Every scripsit:

> The various INSTALL_* variables denote pathnames.  Windows pathnames can
> have spaces in them, [...] there is nothing more hideous than double
> secret quoting escape problems.    [...]  For all I know, there might
> be nothing wrong with my quoting, and the real issue may be lack of
> pathname-with-spaces support.  Yes, Windows does take pathnames in
> double quotes.  Now try quoting and escaping the quotes to get 'em
> through the C preprocessor, or through Chicken.

The only thing that prevents this from being a problem in Unix as well
is sheer convention; Unix pathnames can and do have spaces in them too.
So this work is very valuable in any case.

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