Re: [Haskell-cafe] Re: File path programme

Peter Simons wrote:

[...] There also is a function which changes a path specification into its canonic form, meaning that all redundant segments are stripped. So although two paths which designate the same target may not be equal, they can be tested for equivalence.

Hmmm, I'm not really sure what "equivalence" for file paths should mean in the presence of hard/symbolic links, (NFS-)mounted file systems, etc. Haskell's stateless (==) function doesn't really make sense IMHO, but perhaps I've missed something in this epic discussion... :-] Cheers, S.