mhag...@alum.mit.edu writes:
> From: Michael Haggerty <mhag...@alum.mit.edu>
>
> I really just wanted to tidy up filter_refs(), but I've been sucked
> into a cascade of recursive yak shaving. This is my first attempt to
> pop the yak stack.
Thanks.
> Please note that both absolute_path("") and real_path("") used to
> return the current directory followed by a slash. I believe that this
> was a bug, and that it is more appropriate for both functions to
> reject the empty string. The evidence is as follows:
>
> * If this were intended behavior, presumably the return value would
> *not* have a trailing slash.
That is weak. The only thing you can infer from that observation is
that the presense or absense of trailing '/' would not make any
difference to the caller who wanted a path to the cwd (and is more
convenient if the call is made so that a path relative to the cwd is
tucked after it).
> * I couldn't find any callers that appeared to depend on the old
> behavior.
That is a very good argument (especially if the audit were
thorough).
I would be tempted to say that we should die() on "" for now, cook
the result outside "master" for a few weeks while auditing the
callchains, and see if any of them complains.
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