System.FilePath.joinDrive problem

[Seth Kurtzberg]

I find it esthetically displeasing, but Bulat is correct; it is relied on in
many situations by many programs.

-----Original Message-----
From: libraries-bounces at haskell.org [mailto:libraries-bounces at haskell.org]
On Behalf Of Bulat Ziganshin
Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2007 4:22 PM
To: Twan van Laarhoven
Cc: libraries at haskell.org; Bulat Ziganshin
Subject: Re[2]: System.FilePath.joinDrive problem

Hello Twan,

Saturday, November 3, 2007, 10:48:12 PM, you wrote:

> This behaviour is at the very least unintuitive.

it was in dos for 23 years, so it is well known and used by all
utilities:

D:\temp\8> c:

C:\Haskell\docs> dir d:
 Contents of directory D:\temp\8

31.10.2007  12:41    <DIR>          .
31.10.2007  12:41    <DIR>          ..
30.10.2007  23:58    <DIR>          1
15.04.2005  19:31                24 compile.btm

C:\Haskell\docs> zip archive d:compile.btm
  adding: compile.btm (188 bytes security) (stored 0%)

C:\Haskell\docs>


> I have investigated what some different platforms do:
>   - Win32: PathAppend           gives "C:\File"

what documentation on this function says?

-- 
Best regards,
 Bulat                            mailto:Bulat.Ziganshin at gmail.com

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