On 2005-01-31, Marcin 'Qrczak' Kowalczyk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Peter Simons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> http://cryp.to/pathspec/PathSpec.hs > >> There also is a function which changes a path specification >> into its canonic form, meaning that all redundant segments >> are stripped. > > It's incorrect: canon (read "x/y/.." :: RelPath Posix) gives "x", > yet on Unix they aren't equivalent when y is a non-local symlink > or doesn't exist.
True, but most people want x when they construct x/y/.., in makefiles, install scripts, etc. It's not "OS thinks is the same", and shouldn't be marketed as such, but it is useful as "what people generally want to refer to". -- Aaron Denney -><- _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
