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Re: [PATCH] directory separator
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Paul Eggert |
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Re: [PATCH] directory separator |
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Thu, 07 Jun 2012 00:29:03 -0700 |
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On 06/07/2012 12:19 AM, John Darrington wrote:
> Surely using a symbol instead of a literal constant makes maintenance easier
> not
> harder?
I don't see why. For example:
remove ("a/b");
is simpler and easier to maintain than:
#if DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR == '/'
#define DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR_STRING "/"
#elif DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR == '\\'
#define DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR_STRING "\\"
#else
#error "Unknown DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR" DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR
#endif
remove ("a" DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR_STRING "b");