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Re: {base,dir}name // semantics


From: Paul Eggert
Subject: Re: {base,dir}name // semantics
Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2005 22:05:14 -0800
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Eric Blake <address@hidden> writes:

> for cross compilation, should I be pessimistic and
> make dir_name("//") always return "//" (unless overridden by priming the
> cache, of course)?  Or should I write the test with hard-coded knowledge
> of the HOST values that are known to have distinct // (so far, I only know
> of cygwin), and stick with dir_name("//") returning "/" on all other
> platforms?

Let's do the former, as it's easier to maintain.




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