On 19-03-2013 05:33, Dmitry Yemanov wrote:
> 19.03.2013 11:23, Alex Peshkoff wrote:
> 
>>> Was:
>>> {TYPE_STRING, "SecurityDatabase", (ConfigValue) "$(root)/security3.fdb"}
>>>
>>> Correct:
>>> {TYPE_STRING, "SecurityDatabase", (ConfigValue) "$(root)security3.fdb"}
>>
>> Yes, it's better
> 
> I respectfully disagree. The former string clearly distinguishes between 
> path and filename thus visually representing a full pathname. It was 
> obvious to understand. The new one looks more cryptic suggesting that 
> $(root) could be a macro related to the filename, not the path. This may 
> lead users easily reintroducing the slash back in their custom configs, 
> just because it does look more natural.
> 
> I believe it would be much better to fix PathName to replace double 
> slashes with single ones inside and forget about any possible 
> configuration issues.
> 

I completely agree. $(root)security3.fdb is crap.


Adriano

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