[Oorexx-rfes] [ oorexx-Feature Requests-3315577 ] Improve HostEmu by removing need for quoting file name

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Feature Requests item #3315577, was opened at 2011-06-12 18:33
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Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
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Submitted By: LesK (vmrexx)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Improve HostEmu by removing need for quoting  file name 

Initial Comment:
Justification: Rexx is supposed to be easy to 'use' and this is an
unnecessary complication for users of EXECIO.

EXECIO has a formal syntax on VM and the only time I can imagine
that quotes would be needed is when the file name contains a left
parentheses, to distinguish it from the start of the options.

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>Comment By: Bruce (bjskelly)
Date: 2011-06-13 07:02

Message:
I have a few questions about this proposed change.
1. What if the file name contains spaces, wouldn't it need to be quoted? 
2. On case sensitive/case preserving file systems would the filename be
preserved, or would it be up-cased?
3. Wouldn't this change make execio the opposite of all the other i/o BIFs
(charin, charout, linein, lineout)?



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