Lieven Govaerts wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
>
>> From: Erik Huelsmann [mailto:ehuels@gmail.com]
>> Sent: zondag 20 augustus 2006 17:53
>>
>
>
>>> Why don't you just use apr_filepath_root here and everywhere else
>>> where this matters?
>>>
>> In that case: why introduce a function in the svn_ namespace,
>> if there's a function in APR which does exactly what we want?
>> But, isn't it a problem that our paths are UTF-8 while APR
>> expects localized paths?
>>
>> Lieven: apr_filepath_root will give the root of a given
>> inpath, maybe it'll work, because then it will also work for
>> working copies in the root of a share or UNC path...
>>
>
> I'm working on it now, will have a patch tonight.
>
> The apr_filepath_root is more then we want, because it also splits the path
> in two parts, so we need to allocate new strings, pass a pool to the
> function etc. But, it supports more Windows path conventions than the one I
> implemented, so let's use it.
>
> I'm gonna stick to the svn_path_is_root function because of the overhead
> needed to use apr_filepath_root.
>
I don't like the idea of rolling our own function for something that APR
already does. The overhead is trivial when compared to the extra
functionality *and portability* of apr_filepath_root. I think you need
to prove that the overhead is unacceptable performance-wise.
-- Brane
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Received on Sun Aug 20 18:17:01 2006