On May 4, 2010, at 2:00 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote:
Jeff Massung wrote:
I use this "feature" quite often in almost all my Rev apps. On
Windows, when
applications install themselves they update the registry saying how
to use
various types of file extensions. For example:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\QuickTime.mov\shell\open\command
"c:\Program Files\QuickTime\QuickTimePlayer.exe" "%1"
I use word 1 of that registry value to get the path to the
executable in a
way that can also be passed off to the shell function and "just
works".
However, some applications don't actually need the quotes (e.g.
c:\rebol\rebol.exe) and therefore don't add them. And it's quite
nice that
parsing the first "word" still works there, too.
That's a convincing example. Plus, backward compatibility would be
shot if it were changed.
Well, for what I use Rev for, the present convention is still a
hassle, but in view of the fact that there are apparently good reasons
from others' points of view, I won't file a bug report/enhancement
request. Having to change a bunch of code when things suddenly stop
working with a new version is no fun, I know.... I'll continue working
around this "feature."
-- Peter
Peter M. Brigham
[email protected]
http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig
UPDATE, v. In software, to alter the program by introducing a new set
of bugs, typically even more unexpected and serious than the user has
been accustomed to.
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