[sldev] Semicolons and CMake (was: easybuild branch)

[Boroondas Gupte]

Brad King schrieb:
> Alissa Sabre wrote:
>  > Following is a list of my own wishes on CMake improvement that I
>  > believe facilitte SL development:
>   
>> Proper handling of platform-specific file system features.  E.g., on
>> MacOS, a mount point for Windows (SMB/CIFS) file server has a
>> semicolon (;) character embedded in it, but the current CMake can't
>> handle such full-path name.
>>     
>
> The CMake language use ';' as a list separator.  This cannot be
> addressed without major fundamental changes that are incompatible.
Can't this be solved by quoting or escaping as explained at:
http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake/Language_Syntax#CMake_splits_arguments_unless_you_use_quotation_marks_or_escapes.
?

cheers
Boroondas