RE: path canonicalization problem (issue #559)

> From: William Uther [mailto:will=subversion@cs.cmu.edu]
> Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 3:31 PM
> Just a comment from the sidelines you should feel free to
> ignore if you choose...

Ditto.

        [removed non-Unix-path-semantics examples]

> If you just view paths as things with UNIX semantics modulo
> prefix and path separator then you'll have problems moving
> to some platforms.

   Another one with Truly Ugly semantics is VMS. It was a long
time ago, and all the detail I sort of remember is that you
got to specify disk?/partition?/logical volume?/something
inside of ``[]'', and the rest of the path was quite different.
What I *do* remember is how painful it was.

> Later, (and thankyou for subversion :)

Me too! :-)

-- 
                         Best wishes,
                                  Max Hyre
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