[cmake-developers] Allowed chars in test names

[Rolf Eike Beer]

Brad King wrote:
> On 07/22/2013 04:18 PM, Rolf Eike Beer wrote:
> > Since d0170584c54b515b7eb2d044c3d48332523b3a37 there is a comment stating
> > that "spaces, quotes, or other characters special in CMake syntax" are
> > not allowed
> > in a test name. This raised 2 topics:
> This was just documenting an existing limitation.

Yes, of course.

> > -first: the only check done in add_test() is that the name is not empty.
> > If
> > there are forbidden characters we must test for them, reject everything
> > that is invalid, and have a check that verifies that this works.
> 
> One could add such a check and test with a policy for compatibility
> if the validation is particularly strict.
> 
> > -second: what does "special" mean?
> 
> Look at the CMake language lexer.

So for the beginning I would go and just simply reject every test name that 
has spaces or quotes, because that has never worked.


Eike
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