How does it differ to getCurrentDirectory/setCurrentDirectory in System.Directory?
On 4 December 2013 14:38, Benjamin Franksen < benjamin.frank...@helmholtz-berlin.de> wrote: > Module System.Posix.Directory of the unix package defines > > getWorkingDirectory :: IO FilePath > changeWorkingDirectory :: FilePath -> IO () > > I believe the functionality is quite portable and not limited to unix-like > systems. I know that e.g. Windows has chdir and getcwd. Module Filesystem > of > the system-fileio package has > > getWorkingDirectory :: IO FilePath > setWorkingDirectory :: FilePath -> IO () > > I propose to add these functions to System.Environmant or maybe > System.Directory. > > Rationale: > > (1) This is standard functionality that should at least be in the Haskell > Platform, if not in the standard libraries. > > (2) I would like to avoid depending on an extra package just to have these > two very basic functions available in a OS independent way. > > (3) "system-fileio".Filesystem does not seem to be the right place for > this. > > The last point may be arguable, but the first two are plain common sense > IMO. > > Cheers > Ben > -- > "Make it so they have to reboot after every typo." ? Scott Adams > > > _______________________________________________ > Haskell-prime mailing list > Haskell-prime@haskell.org > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-prime >
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