[webkit-dev] file names with spaces

Maciej Stachowiak mjs at apple.com
Mon Mar 22 22:46:07 PDT 2010


On Mar 22, 2010, at 10:42 PM, Chris Jerdonek wrote:

>
> Yes.  I think it's to be expected that rules will occasionally need to
> be violated -- especially for testing purposes (e.g. tabs and trailing
> spaces in test files).
>
> Another possibility is landing third-party code as-is.
>
> I guess I'm asking if it would be okay to establish a rule for cases
> we control and that do not have a special need.

The most unavoidable exceptions seem to be for test cases that are  
specifically testing what happens when you have a space in the  
filename, not for third-party code. Does the no-spaces rule make it  
easier to write shell commands if there are still files that violate it?

Regards,
Maciej



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