filenames with spaces are generally a bad idea :)

Brad
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On Tue, 30 Nov 2004, Lars Kellogg-Stedman wrote:

> Howdy all,
>
> I've just started working with SWISH::API, and I was startled to find
> that SWISH::API->new() doesn't actually accept a list of index files.
> In fact, it accepts a scalar, which is a space seperated list of files.
>
> Space seperated pathname lists are generally a bad idea...what if a path
> component contains a space?  It's certainly possible, even on most Unix
> filesystems, and if you're running Swish-E under Windows or OS X, it's
> likely that you will encounter filenames with spaces.
>
> It would also be a lot more perl-like to accept a list when, you know,
> we're using a list.
>
> I haven't worked with the Perl XS stuff before, but I'm looking at
> coding that up right now.  If I get something working, I'll post it to
> the list.  I'm assuming that I can replace this:
>
>   handle = SwishInit( index_file_list );
>
> With this (pseudocode):
>
>   handle = SwishNew();
>
>   FOR EACH file IN index_file_list DO
>     addindexfile(handle, file)
>   END FOR
>
> Cheers,
>
> -- Lars
>
>