Joel Reicher wrote:
I've looked at the code now and it's quite clear that the meaning of
a folderspec beginning with either dot or double dot is relative to
the current working directory, not the Path: profile entry.
Does anyone know why or have thoughts on whether these semantics should
be kept? It seems very deliberate.
I can understand the thinking; "+/..." specifies an absolute path by
treating the leading '/' as a special case, so dot and double dot
are regarded similarly as special cases.
There's a fair bit to consider here, including implications for "+" on
its own as a folder spec. So far I'm inclined towards changing the meaning
of "+." and "+..", but I don't use these features and would prefer to hear
from people who do.
I use them all the time (+. and +../../../../alternative/path). I'd be sad if
they went away.
Frankly, it also makes sense to me that . and .. are special cased. Who on
earth thinks in terms of relative paths to *anything* save their current working
directory? Every time you run across an application that starts file names from
a specified location, doesn't it feel completely wonky? Don't you feel like
you're somehow attempting to circumvent some security thing? I do.
My $0.02
Sean
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