[ http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-778?page=comments#action_12455728 ] Doug Cutting commented on HADOOP-778: -------------------------------------
> Does it break something if Path retains trailing '/' [ ... ] ? Did you try it? My guess is that lots of unit tests would fail. It significantly simplifies path manipulation if there is a single normal form for paths. It is not generally possible to tell from a name alone whether something is a file or a directory, one must query the FileSystem to determine this. > Path.toString() should retain trailing '/' if passed in constructor > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: HADOOP-778 > URL: http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-778 > Project: Hadoop > Issue Type: Bug > Components: fs > Reporter: Sanjay Dahiya > > Does it break something if Path retains trailing '/' if passed in constructor > and returns it back in toString() ? > Looking at Path.toString() JobClient wont have a way of knowing which Paths > were intended to be directories and not files, in the context of globbed > regex ( HADOOP-619 ). -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: http://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/Administrators.jspa - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira
