From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id TAA02613; Wed, 6 Aug 2003 19:01:55 +0200 (MET DST) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f Received: from nez-perce.inria.fr (nez-perce.inria.fr [192.93.2.78]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id TAA22926 for ; Wed, 6 Aug 2003 19:01:54 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from fort-point-station.mit.edu (FORT-POINT-STATION.MIT.EDU [18.7.7.76]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id h76H1rT14301 for ; Wed, 6 Aug 2003 19:01:53 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from grand-central-station.mit.edu (GRAND-CENTRAL-STATION.MIT.EDU [18.7.21.82]) by fort-point-station.mit.edu (8.12.4/8.9.2) with ESMTP id h76H1qfE012187 for ; Wed, 6 Aug 2003 13:01:52 -0400 (EDT) Received: from manawatu-mail-centre.mit.edu (MANAWATU-MAIL-CENTRE.MIT.EDU [18.7.7.71]) by grand-central-station.mit.edu (8.12.4/8.9.2) with ESMTP id h76H1pGA026595 for ; Wed, 6 Aug 2003 13:01:51 -0400 (EDT) Received: from no-knife.mit.edu (NO-KNIFE.MIT.EDU [18.7.16.64]) ) by manawatu-mail-centre.mit.edu (8.12.4/8.12.4) with ESMTP id h76H1pFJ015009 for ; Wed, 6 Aug 2003 13:01:51 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from jfc@localhost) by no-knife.mit.edu (8.9.3p2) id NAA19471; Wed, 6 Aug 2003 13:01:51 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <200308061701.NAA19471@no-knife.mit.edu> To: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Unix.stat sometimes fails on Win32 port In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 06 Aug 2003 09:21:43 PDT." <20030806162143.GA29738@davidb.org> Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2003 13:01:51 -0400 From: John Carr X-Loop: caml-list@inria.fr X-Spam: no; 0.00; jfc:01 caml-list:01 bug:01 incorrectly:01 pathname:01 posix:01 behave:01 identically:01 formed:98 ought:01 unix:02 module:03 carr:05 argue:05 requires:06 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk > But, it would be just as valid to argue that Unix has a bug in that it > doesn't detect an incorrectly formed pathname. It's not a bug, it's a feature. POSIX requires that operations on "/directory/" and "/directory" behave identically in most situations. Since the module is named "Unix" it ought to follow the Unix convention. ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners