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cmake: Remove strange bytes used for converting Makefiles #1275

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@ligfx ligfx commented Feb 21, 2017

An alternative solution that came out of discussion on #1271. The strange bytes are used to mark escaped newlines so that they can be converted back after processing. However, text editors and other programs tend to silently change these characters in CMakeLists.txt or complain. This is a cosmetic concern for generated files (which I assume no-one reads), so let's remove it entirely.

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I tested this PR and support it (modulo the minor change request).

The resulting files are still safe for human consumption. The missing newlines only affect file lists and not the overall document or the license header. See both versions here: https://gist.github.com/webmaster128/6caba8a76052ea240a2e86077bf569bf

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@@ -1043,9 +1043,8 @@ function(TRANSFORM_MAKEFILE_INC INPUT_FILE OUTPUT_FILE)
string(REPLACE "$(top_srcdir)" "\${CURL_SOURCE_DIR}" MAKEFILE_INC_TEXT ${MAKEFILE_INC_TEXT})
string(REPLACE "$(top_builddir)" "\${CURL_BINARY_DIR}" MAKEFILE_INC_TEXT ${MAKEFILE_INC_TEXT})

string(REGEX REPLACE "\\\\\n" "�!�" MAKEFILE_INC_TEXT ${MAKEFILE_INC_TEXT})
string(REGEX REPLACE "\\\\\n" "" MAKEFILE_INC_TEXT ${MAKEFILE_INC_TEXT})
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The replacement string should be " " instead of "" to be safe in cases where you have

XY_FILES = progress.h\
formdata.h

which would get converted to

XY_FILES = progress.hformdata.h

Even if this is not happening in current Makefile.inc files, an author of such a file expects that a whitespace is set when writing \↵.

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Sorry, I was wrong here. \↵ means breaking without adding whitespace. Confirm the Makefile

command2:
        ech\
o 123

where echo 123 is executed instead of ech o 123.

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Okay, now it is getting strange. The rule does not apply for variable definitions. The Makefile

AVAR = 12\
34

command2:
        echo "${AVAR}"
        echo -n "${AVAR}" | hexdump -C

gives me the newline converted to a space

$ make command2
echo "12 34"
12 34
echo -n "12 34" | hexdump -C
00000000  31 32 20 33 34                                    |12 34|
00000005

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Good catch! Fixed.

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A solution that came out of discussion on curl#1271. The strange bytes are
used to mark escaped newlines so that they can be converted back after
processing. However, text editors and other programs tend to silently
change these characters in CMakeLists.txt or complain. This is a
cosmetic concern for generated files (which I assume no-one reads), so
let's remove it entirely.
@ligfx ligfx force-pushed the cmake_remove_unicode_shenanigans branch from f5756a6 to 17db8e9 Compare February 24, 2017 18:19
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jay commented Feb 25, 2017

Thanks guys but I went with #1271 instead because the changes are minimal and it doesn't make the output difficult to read. Whether anyone is reading them I don't know.

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