> I had tried calls to escape(..., '\') and that made no difference. > Changing the test > > if l:d !~ "^\V" . s:dir1 > > makes no difference.
It makes difference with some specific directory names. “Specific” includes dots in directory name. > If I substitute all back slashes for forward slashes then it works as I > expect. So basically I tripped and fallen into backslash hell, again. > > > b) you do not need regular expressions at all, use l:d[:len(s:dir1)-1] is# > > s:dir1 (use is? for windows). > > Which does work (toss up between using is# and ==# in this case) - > thanks :-) “A is# b” is like “type(A) == type(b) && A ==# b”. I just use it always for string comparison because I constantly use zero as a substitution for python None (e.g. as a default value) and “"abc" == 0” is true because if one of the “==” operands is a number another operand is also coerced to a number. Using “#” and “?” is a good habit because it is bad idea to rely on user settings. Note that I use is# here not because I expect number as one of the operands *here*. I use it because it is string comparison and in some *other* string comparisons I write numbers are expected. -- -- You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
