Loïc Joly wrote:
Scott McMurray a écrit :
As I recall, that used to be called canonize, but it seems to have disappeared.
There are still references to it, though, such as "Move canonize() and normalize() to convenience.hpp?" in the do list, and "Symbolic links cause canonical and normal form of some paths to represent different files or directories. For example, given the directory hierarchy /a/b/c, with a symbolic link in /a named x pointing to b/c, then under POSIX Pathname Resolution rules a path of "/a/x/.." should resolve to "/a/b". If "/a/x/.." were first normalized to "/a", it would resolve incorrectly. (Case supplied by Walter Landry.)" in the design rationale.
So, if I understand correctly, there used to be a canonize() function, but since it provided wrong results for corner cases, it was removed. Is that so ?
It has been awhile, but I think that is correct. The canonize() function is actually still supplied but is deprecated. --Beman