cvs commit: hugs98/src machdep.c

[Sigbjorn Finne]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Johan Nordlander" <nordland@cse.ogi.edu>
To: "Sigbjorn Finne" <sof@cse.ogi.edu>
Cc: <cvs-hugs@haskell.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 23:52
Subject: Re: cvs commit: hugs98/src machdep.c


> 
> On Wednesday, January 16, 2002, at 11:26 PM, Sigbjorn Finne wrote:
> 
...
> >
> >   Having a common format for import search paths helps cross-platform
> >   use/setups -- Mac users may want to have a look at tweaking this
> >   code to also recognise ':' too.
> >
> >
> 
> Horrors!  ':' is the directory separator on older Macs, like '/' 
> on unixen.  That simply won't work...
> 

ok, i see - no, that would be too upsetting.

> But maybe we could adopt a scheme were path strings that can be 
> recognized as being in unix format will be interpreted correctly 
> on all platforms?
> 
> Or maybe we should just leave the old Mac code as it is -- the 
> new MacOS X is after all using the using the unix style as it 
> is.  My guess is that more and more Mac users are switching 
> over.  What were the dowload numbers for the Mac when split up 
> between the two offered packages?
> 

Unless someone requests it(or submits a patch), let's just leave it as
it is, I'd say. Mac download numbers:

MacOS X (version 1) :  50
MacOS X (version 2):   27
MacOS 9:                     44

--sigbjorn

btw,  is the CPP symbol 'macintosh' not defined under OS X?