Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> writes:
> Using colon as the path separator is going to break on windows. The patch
> notices this and uses semicolon on Windows instead. Do we really want to go
> down that path - that means that everybody who writes any sorts of
> installation instructions including this will have to make them separate
> for different platforms. Shouldn't we just use semicolon on all platforms,
> for consistency?
Semicolon, being a valid filename character on most platforms (dunno
about Windows), isn't a terribly good choice either.
Since I disagree with the goal of this patch in the first place, I'm
disinclined to spend brain cells on inventing a more robust format for
a list of path names. I'm sure there is one though, if you're giving
up on being consistent with traditional PATH format.
regards, tom lane
