Re: [PATCH] Remove svn_node_special from svn_node_kind_t?

Josh Pieper <jjp@pobox.com> writes:

> Remove the svn_node_special type from the svn_node_kind_t enum.
> There's no reason to export an implementation detail in the public
> API. Instead, have svn_io_check_special_path return a simple boolean
> describing whether a path is a normal file or directory, or some
> platform specific special file. Change all the callers to use this
> new method of determining if an on-disk path needs svn:special
> handling.

I don't know if I indirectly influenced this decision in any way
(using Ben as a conduit), but this is exactly what I suggested to Ben
on the phone this afternoon as the right way to solve this part of the
problem at hand. So, +1.

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Received on Fri Aug 6 07:20:11 2004