Re: [Pharo-users] Simplifying a File reference (Ben Coman)

2017-12-03 Thread Alistair Grant
On 4 December 2017 at 01:48, Ben Coman wrote: > > > On 4 December 2017 at 08:25, Richard A. O'Keefe wrote: >> >> >> Ben Coman wrote: >>> >>> While 'canonicalize' obviously fits, it seems a bit exotic and a tongue >>> twist at five

Re: [Pharo-users] Simplifying a File reference (Ben Coman)

2017-12-03 Thread Ben Coman
On 4 December 2017 at 08:25, Richard A. O'Keefe wrote: > > Ben Coman wrote: > >> While 'canonicalize' obviously fits, it seems a bit exotic and a tongue >> twist at five syllables. >> I wonder if 'flatten' might also be suitable. Is there some concept

Re: [Pharo-users] Simplifying a File reference (Ben Coman)

2017-12-03 Thread Richard A. O'Keefe
Ben Coman wrote: While 'canonicalize' obviously fits, it seems a bit exotic and a tongue twist at five syllables. I wonder if 'flatten' might also be suitable. Is there some concept this wouldn't cover? There are two distinct issues. (1) Can this file name be put into