6 Jan
2015
6 Jan
'15
8:57 a.m.
On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 7:48 AM, Johan Tibell
This is not a bugfix. A bug is failing to follow the functions specification, which *does* include following symlinks.
It's a bug in the design, not the code. The API it provides is useful, but dangerous and less useful than the safe version. Breaking the API has been proposed. If we're going to do that, why not add a followSymlinks ::Bool argument as well, and document why the API was broken in this way. Going forward, at least. Not sure about backwards.