On Tue, 12 Sep 2006 at 1:56pm, A.J.Mechelynck wrote:
> Hari Krishna Dara wrote:
> [...]
> > Yes, that is what I am doing. Is fnamemodify() an expensive operation
> > involving OS calls?
> >
>
> From the description of what it does, fnamemodify() _seems_ to involve
> only string manipulation, possibly checking $HOME and/or the current
> window's current directory depending on the {mods} argument. There may
> be one OS call on Unix or VMS if ~user/ (not just ~ which is $HOME) is
> used in conjunction with ":p".
>
> I haven't checked the C code however.
>
>
> Best regards,
> Tony.
That is what I was hoping. At least for simple modifications not
involving special character expansion, it is probably simple string
manipuations and will not be expensive.
--
Thanks,
Hari
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