On Mar 24 23:15, Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Wed, Mar 24, 2004 at 09:39:29PM -0500, Pierre A. Humblet wrote: > >On Wed, Mar 24, 2004 at 04:42:39PM -0500, Christopher Faylor wrote: > >>On Wed, Mar 24, 2004 at 04:30:57PM -0500, Pierre A. Humblet wrote: > >>> > >>>I also had a look at the code and reached pretty much the same conclusion > >>>as Volker. Replacing all 'isslash (*src)' and 'isslash (src[x])' in > >>>normalize_posix_path by "isdirsep ()" would yield more consistent results. > >>>I know this code is delicate but the possible drawback isn't obvious. > >> > >>speed disadvantage for nebulous gain. > > > >As you know isdirsep would take 1 extra compare per character. > > > >FWIW I see one place where we could avoid the kind of loop that Volker had. > > > >I wonder if > > char *p = strrchr (src, '\0'); > > /* Detect if the user was looking for a directory. We have to strip the > >should be inside the symlink loop or outside. I guess that depends if > >symlink contents ending with / are special (on Sun the final / is stripped in > >symlinks, dunno about other Unix flavors). > > > >Also normalize_posix_path strips the final /, except when it calls > >normalize_win32_path. That makes the code go through extra hoops > >when resolving c:/the/symlink/, it looks for c:/the/symlink/.lnk > > Corinna! Did I predict this or what? > > I'm quitting my job and getting a job as a psychic in the carnival!
Naaah, that prediction trick was a bit too obvious. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Developer mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Red Hat, Inc. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
