well put. although I don't think a windows user is going to be confused by c:/foo/bar
On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 3:18 PM, Reinier Zwitserloot <[email protected]> wrote: > File.separator is intended only for rendering paths to the user. A windows > user is going to be very confused by C:/foo/bar. > It serves absolutely no purpose anywhere else, and I consider it a bug that > this concept is not properly documented in the appopriate java doc. > > Feel free to mark down any erroneous use of File.separator as a cleanliness > bug*. > > *) this kind of bug doesn't cause the program to fail, it just needlessly > uglies up your code, hurting flexibility and maintainability. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
