Proposal: Add System.FilePath.Cygwin

[Simon Marlow]

On 04/06/2009 14:24, Neil Mitchell wrote:
> Hi
>
> Proposal: Add System.FilePath.Cygwin
>
> Ticket at: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/3274
>
> I propose we add the module System.FilePath.Cygwin to the filepath
> library. This module would be based on System.FilePath.Windows but
> with '/' as the preferred path separator, rather than '\\' as for
> Windows. This module would never be available as System.FilePath, and
> would always have to be imported specifically if wanted.
>
> The desire for this module comes from working with the Cygwin shell,
> which supports Windows syntax but requires the alternative separator.
> I have been using such a module for a few months, and find it very
> useful.
>
> There are no backward compatibility concerns, as it is a new separate module.
>
> Discussion deadline: 18th June 2009.

Cygwin is supposed to implement a POSIX-like semantics, so... can't you 
just use System.FilePath.Posix?  If not, why not?

If it's because you want the library to understand c:/, then perhaps you 
should stick to one style only and use /cygdrive/c instead?

Cheers,
	Simon