From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,e219d94b946dfc26 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada.Command_Line and wildcards References: <45dcaed8_6@news.bluewin.ch> From: Markus E Leypold Organization: N/A Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2007 11:27:15 +0100 Message-ID: User-Agent: Some cool user agent (SCUG) Cancel-Lock: sha1:GujGdnH10/xvteZzXeyWey3lwYw= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii NNTP-Posting-Host: 88.72.194.126 X-Trace: news.arcor-ip.de 1173522058 88.72.194.126 (10 Mar 2007 11:20:58 +0200) X-Complaints-To: abuse@arcor-ip.de Path: g2news1.google.com!news3.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!newsfeed01.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!newsfeed.arcor-ip.de!news.arcor-ip.de!not-for-mail Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:14455 Date: 2007-03-10T11:27:15+01:00 List-Id: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen) writes: > What constitutes an argument separator depends on the definition of the > command language being used. Surprise! Well - actually that has been my stance all the time. Don't lead THAT discussion with me. > VMS defines unquoted spaces in DCL commands > as separating arguments. That definition has been pointed out as a severe "design flaw of Unix". Since in the same discussion/thread the VMS shell system has been put forward as an example how command line arguments are handled "right", I thought I'd point out that space argument seperator is also common in VMS (and a number of other operating systems I know of). Calling that a design flaw might be justified (but I wouldn't support it), calling it a design flaw of Unix, not. But as I said: It wasn't me who said space as argument seperator were a problem. I, certainly, am not of this opinion. > If one is bound and determined to create a program that flies in the > face of what users are expecting on VMS, the Foreign Command mechanism > can be used. Regards -- Markus