5 Apr
2002
5 Apr
'02
2:39 p.m.
| So am I right in thinking that if GHC did no internal | filepath mangling whatsoever, everything file-related would just work?
GHC does mangle '/' into '\' on Windows. That is jolly convenient, and we certainly rely on it when using GHC (e.g to build GHC). I don't know why doing so should be a problem; after all, it's Windows.
It's okay, I retract the suggestion. Claus Reinke has explained to me all about the Windows filesystem, the Cygwin filesystem, and Cygwin mounts, all of which were previously a great mystery to me since I don't possess a Windows box. At last I think I actually understand the problem and GHC's filepath mangling has nothing to do with it. Regards, Malcolm