pagaltzis passdelwxgmxde demerphq 20071113 0325 believe long term either need rewrite filespec lot intelligence likely better get together design replacement job often see nix people writing code totally ignores volumes resulting code doesnt work win32 dont see fix rewriting filespec need better interface intelligent code fundamental problem filespec thing deal path string means user deal every part path explicitly write correct code understand superset path semantics across systems explicitly deal practice simply never happens people write enough code make work system theyre working someone started win32 likely code would also make assumptions fall apart unix maybe little less likely vice versa instead need interface deals something intelligence dumb mute string intent preserved across manipulations user deal bits theyre interested rest tracked covers need oo api fortunately already cpan called pathclass regards aristotle pagaltzis fri 08 aug 2008 092440 0100 replace fs something truely portable cpanplus broken