[Omake] Newbie: removing quotes for command

[Hugo Ferreira]

Hi,

Thank you for the explanation.
It has allowed me to understand several other issues too.

Regards,
Hugo F.


Aleksey Nogin wrote:
> On 22.03.2007 00:41, Hugo Ferreira wrote:
> 
>> I see that one can either use an array or a sequence for OCAMLINCLUDES.
>> What is more interesting is that tests in the shell show that the
>> application of mapprefix result in the exact same type. When should I
>> opt for one or the other?
> 
> In general, you can use sequences where the intention is to just 
> construct one big sequence and you do not intend to use it as a 
> space-separated collection of separate items.
> 
> When you do want a space-separated collection of items, it is typically 
> better to use arrays. Safer too - if one item happens to have a space in 
> it for some reason, arrays would make sure that space is not taken as a 
> separator. On the other hand, when you are absolutely sure there will be 
> no items with a space inside, you can use either and, as you've noticed, 
> it does not really matter.
> 
> Also, for arrays there is nice syntax:
> 
> A[] =
>    a
>    b
>    c
> 
> A[] +=
>    d
>    e
>    f
> 
> One of the advantages of the above syntax is that the line-oriented 
> version control tools (CVS, Subversion, etc) will assign accurate 
> "blame" for each item. Note that the above syntax is the one that you 
> need to use when you want to be sure that unexpected spaces would not 
> inappropriately break things apart.
> 
> Aleksey
>