Re: [MacPerl] More on the lack of path handling routines

[bob.dalgleish@sk.sympatico.ca (Bob Dalgleish)]

At 8:30 PM 8/16/96, Scott_Ananian@sil.org wrote:

I think you should go ahead and write it.  Make it a module under the
File module hierarchy.  Extract some elements from Basename.pm, factoring
out some stuff so that other modules could benefit.

Submit your module to the Perl porters, asking for feedback and testing
on systems that you don't have immediate access to. Within a few weeks
you will have a portable, "sanctioned" module or know the reason why.

>Okay, enough grousing for now.  For this present project, it looks like
>we'll be
>able to make do with determining system type by examining @INC closely, and
>define a path separator based on that.  But I was hoping to find a more
>portable/universal solution.

I sincerely hope that when you find that portable/universal solution,
that you can share it with the rest of the world.

Bob Dalgleish   bob.dalgleish@sk.sympatico.ca
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