[darcs-users] darcs patch: Make FileName.drop_dotdot work with abso... (and 2 more)

[Simon Michael]

Hi Dmitry,

thanks for this patch; I confirm it fixes issue 1078 on mac and on 
gnu/linux.

This area of the code is hard to follow if you're not intimately 
familiar with all functions involved, I didn't follow the logic in 
perfect detail. I did wonder if it's still necessary to handle the isdir 
case as a separate case in ioAbsolute.

I vote +1 to apply, unless..

> Is there any reason not to use System.Directory.canonicalizePath in
> ioAbsolute? It seems to do just what we need.

None that I know of, if it's portable as advertised. I guess that would 
greatly simplify and clarify this code, so a new patch using this would 
be even better.

Best
-Simon