On Mon, 20 Oct 2008 23:56:22 +0200, Stef Mientki wrote:
> Bruno Desthuilliers wrote:
>> Eric Wertman a écrit :
>>>>> I (again) wonder what's the perfect way to store, OS-independent,
>>>>> filepaths ?
>>>
>>> I'm in agreement that perfect probably isn't applicable. If I were
>>> doing this myself, I might store the information in a tuple:
>>>
>>> base = 'some root structure ('/' or 'C')
>>
>> make it "C:\"
> wouldn't " C:/" be more universal and therefor better ?
Do you really think there are Linux or Mac systems with a C: drive?
This whole question is based on the ludicrous assumption that general
file system paths can be platform-independent. That's a bit like trying
to write code that is programming language-independent.
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