[Scons-users] strange behavior with path as an array

[Dirk Bächle]

Robert,

On 12.09.2013 21:54, robert zeigler wrote:

> Hi Dirk,

>

> I realize the form is invalid, and I don't expect scons to support it. 

> As a user, my expectation is that scons would have detected the 

> unsupported form and thrown an error early. [...]

>


detecting unsupported forms and sanely reacting to them, is a kind of 
support in itself. And trying to detect all unsupported constructs (what 
about "path = ['/path1:/path2', ['/path3', '/path4']]" ?) is like 
opening a very big can of worms. ;)

Dirk