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Diffstat (limited to 'libbuild2/context.cxx')
| -rw-r--r-- | libbuild2/context.cxx | 7 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/libbuild2/context.cxx b/libbuild2/context.cxx index c9f4340..08c4e7e 100644 --- a/libbuild2/context.cxx +++ b/libbuild2/context.cxx @@ -378,12 +378,13 @@ namespace build2 istringstream is (s); is.exceptions (istringstream::failbit | istringstream::badbit); - // Similar to buildspec we do "effective escaping" and only for ['"\$(] - // (basically what's necessary inside a double-quoted literal plus the + // Similar to buildspec we do "effective escaping" of the special + // `'"\$(` characters, line continuations, plus `)` for symmetry + // (basically what's escapable inside a double-quoted literal plus the // single quote). // path_name in ("<cmdline>"); - lexer l (is, in, 1 /* line */, "\'\"\\$("); + lexer l (is, in, 1 /* line */, "\'\"\\$()\n"); // At the buildfile level the scope-specific variable should be // separated from the directory with a whitespace, for example: |