> From: "Alfred M\. Szmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], emacs-devel@gnu.org > Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 13:53:20 +0200 > > I also wonder whether we should keep the "#ifdef MAXPATHLEN" > branch, or just use the loop below on all platforms that have > getcwd. > > If MAXPATHLEN is defined, it should be respected, if you try to use a > file name that is longer than MAXPATHLEN then the behaviour of the > system is undefined.
??? How can a file name on a system be ever longer than MAXPATHLEN, which is a system-dependent limit? Presumably, the value of MAXPATHLEN is set to fit the longest possible file name on the underlying file system. _______________________________________________ Emacs-devel mailing list Emacs-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-devel