On 03/07/2011 01:08 PM, Lars T. Kyllingstad wrote:
Alternately, we could ignore the distinction between file and directory > - as we're essentially just parsing strings here - and have two > functions: > > lastComponent("dir/subdir/") -> "subdir" lastComponent("dir/subdir") > -> "subdir" > > allButLastComponent("dir/subdir/") -> "dir/" > allButLastComponent("dir/subdir") -> "dir/"That's how it's done now, and how I think it should be. The two paths "dir/subdir" and "dir/subdir/" both refer to the same object in the file system, namely "subdir". baseName gives you the name of the object referred to by a path, while dirName gives you the directory containing said object. Whether that object is a file or a directory is irrelevant. (And if you need to know what it is, there is always std.file.isDir and isFile.)
After some more thought, I think you are right on this point. Precisely because of possible trailing '/'. If OSes were clearer and more consistent, then we could and certainly should make a useful semantic distinction.
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