[Haskell-cafe] File path programme

Marcin 'Qrczak' Kowalczyk qrczak at knm.org.pl
Thu Jan 27 12:57:53 EST 2005


Gregory Wright <gwright at comcast.net> writes:

> Actually, Common Lisp specifies a special data type to handle
> logical filepaths, which are distinct from file path strings. Having
> had to debug common lisp code that uses this (written by other
> people) I've observed that this attempt to do the "Right Thing"
> almost certainly has caused more trouble than it has solved.

See also
http://www.gigamonkeys.com/book/practical-a-portable-pathname-library.pdf

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