[Monotone-devel] Re: partial pull #2 - gaps instead of a single horizon

[Thomas Moschny]

Hi Derek,

Derek Scherger wrote:
> Thomas Moschny wrote:
> > Maybe. You didn't cite or answer my last question, which was: Why prefix
> > *all* paths in the db with a constant two-char string, when there never
> > will be a case where they are omitted for a reason?
>
> I don't understand your question, or the previous one. Perhaps one too
> many double negatives? Are you considering prefixing only *some* paths
> (i.e. just the root path)?

Sorry for being unclear ;) I am trying to rephrase.

If *every* string representing a path in the database started with "foo", that 
prefix could also be omitted, because it would be redundant. If however only 
some paths started with "foo" and the others did not, the prefix could 
obviously not be omitted. That's all I wanted to say.

In your proposal, all paths in the db would start with './', and I was trying 
to imagine (or asking you if you could imagine) an extension to your proposal 
in which some paths don't have that prefix. If we can't find such a use case, 
then there's no point in having that prefix *in the db* at all.

(Note that I'm not saying it wouldn't be useful in the GUI, i.e. presented to 
or accepted from the user.)

Regards,
Thomas

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