Cross-platform path specification (was RE: Access directory relatively)
Richard A. O'Keefe
ok at cs.otago.ac.nz
Wed Aug 7 01:49:18 UTC 2002
"Alejandro F. Reimondo" <aleReimondo at smalltalking.net> wrote:
The selector #, is commonly used for contatenation of
collections (and composites); not for routing.
Why not:
dir := FileDirectory default / 'foo' / 'bar' / 'baz'.
I note that the Burroughs WFL language used _exactly_ this idea back
in the 70s: x / y had the value (x),"/",(y). Worked just fine.
Since / is the only approved path delimiter in URLs, it's the obvious
operator to use here.
dir := FileDirectory default @ 'foo' @ 'bar' @ 'baz'.
@ is used for points (and 3d points) and does not have the analogical
force of any well known file system syntax or URI syntax to override that.
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