Missing separator on macro call ?

[Kim Barrett]

> On May 29, 2017, at 3:52 AM, David Holmes <david.holmes at oracle.com> wrote:
> 
> On 29/05/2017 5:25 PM, Magnus Ihse Bursie wrote:
>> Maybe we should have a way to scan the source tree for files with problematic names, like *#* or *,*...? Or CachedFind should be written to handle *#* files properly?
> 
> I have a recollection that these temp files used to cause a different kind of error that was much more obvious.

I have the same recollection.

> I remember commenting that it was good that the build failed because you wouldn't be building waht you expected. But this "missing separator" error is just ridiculously obscure. :( Though something you should only get bitten by once.

I ran into it just recently.  Thankfully, I remembered this thread...