Ideas for path separator character
Hello there,
Im looking for ideas for a single character to use as a path separator.
The character shouldnt be anything that could be contained within a
path (win or lin).
Problem is, every char you pick 'could' be contained in the
path at the end where the program arguments can be. For example:
Using * as a separator char:
*c:\mydir\myfile.exe* *c:\otherdir\otherfile.exe*
These paths seem to be clearly defined as bewteen * chars.
Problem comes up if one day someone finds they need to use the * char
as argument to their program such as:
c:\mydir\file2.exe *
Now trying to put that within * chars looks like this:
*c:\mydir\file2.exe **
which is not clear to the program reading this line because it will
think the program path ends after the second * char.
Yes, maybe it can see that there is one more * but there are other
situations too, such as maybe the program needs two in a row as
argument to tell it to do something:
*c:\mydir\file2.exe **
Now it's impossible to tell what the 'user' intends.
Ok, having said that, maybe two in a row to indicate a literal * char,
but any other ideas out there?
Environments use semicolon to sep paths, but im wondering if there are
any programs out there that use a semi as a possible argument, or
are they always avoided because of this?
Take care,
Al
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