Re: [jamboost] project.jam question

From: David Abrahams (david.abrahams_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-05-03 10:32:04

----- Original Message -----
From: "Vladimir Prus" <ghost_at_[hidden]>

> David Abrahams wrote:
>
> > Yes. It also complicates the code. Just look at all the instances of
> > os.path.native and os.path.make that we have already. They'd all
> > disappear. Also, note that in many cases an un-normalized path is
the
> > same as its normalized version, so no tests will discover if you
forget
> > a conversion somewhere.
>
> True. However, in case of unnormalized paths, tests that deal with
directory
> names will be much harder to write. Or am I wrong?

I think that as long as the path module provides the right rules, you're
wrong. What specific cases did you have in mind?

-Dave