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Re: Removing (most of) directory-sep-char
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
Re: Removing (most of) directory-sep-char |
Date: |
Fri, 04 Jun 2010 04:38:44 -0400 |
> From: Juanma Barranquero <address@hidden>
> Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2010 22:06:15 +0200
>
> The following patch moves `directory-sep-char' from C to lisp, and
> removes all references to it from C code, in effect turning the var
> into a noop.
>
> It's OK to commit it?
It's fine with me, thanks.
> Eli, could this cause any trouble with the MS-DOS port?
No. The MS-DOS port never really supported backslashes except as an
accident. It is much more radical than the Windows port in using
forward slashes (and all the other Posix features). It even converts
all file names in PATH to use forward slashes, and passes that to
subprocesses. See msdos.c.