On 1/28/07, Mike Orr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Passing an absolute foreign path is an error, because there's no sane way
> > to interpret "C:\\" on Posix or "/" on Windows.
> > There is in fact a very sane way to interpret "/" on Windows: the root
> > directory of the "current" drive. It's equivalent to "\".
>
> That's one way to do it, but whether Unipath should presume this is
> what the programmer wants is another issue. One can make an argument
> either way.
The issue is that *maybe* the programmer wants to copy "/etc/mailcap"
on his Posix filesystem to "\etc\mailcap" on his Windows drive, but
should we assume this since \etc does not have the special status on
Windows that /etc does on Unix? Maybe we should raise an exception
because the programmer intended to copy it somewhere else and forgot
something. Nothing wrong with forcing him to say, "Yes, I really mean
'\'."
As for Posix-format paths in config files that should be translated to
the native NT, that sounds straightforward. These paths should be
relative to some platform-specific root, because "C:/etc/mailcap" is
certainly not the path you intend to use on all platforms. (Unix
would put it in the current directory, wherever that might be.) You
can create a Path("/foo/bar") on NT and use it. The only thing you
can't do is:
p = Path( PosixPath("/foo/bar") ) # Illegal for absolute paths
if Path != PosixPath.
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Mike Orr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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