Re: RFA: Use lrealpath instead of gdb_realpath

Christopher Faylor
2005-05-29T16:22:10Z

On Sun, May 29, 2005 at 10:21:12AM -0400, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
>>Let me explain my concerns about using lrealpath in its current shape:
>>
>> . The Windows code in lrealpath converts all forward slashes to
>> backslashes, which I think is a bad idea. By contrast, the current
>> gdb_realpath would leave existing forward slashes alone. That is
>> an incompatible change, and my gut feeling is that we should not
>> risk it. On top of that, I think we always use '/' to generate
>> file names, so with this change we will produce ugly file names
>> like D:\foo\bar/baz.c.
>
>The Windows maintainers disagree with you. So, for the record, do I.

Yes. I have to say that I can't recall a situation where slashes and
backslashes make a difference but, if there was going to be a problem,
it seems like the problem would be with the use of slashes.

>It is not worth my time to continue arguing about filename handling;
>consider the patch withdrawn indefinitely.

That is a shame. Having two similar functions really doesn't make a
lot of sense to me.

cgf