[PATCH] ls & "magic" cygdrive dir (was: RE: cygdrive stuff)

[Robert Collins]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Li-Kai Liu" <news@likai.net>

> however, files and file systems are two different concepts! fhandler

Corinna has already indicated that this is the desired end direction,
with one class hierarchy for fs's and one for files.

> apparently it is not the way it is right now in cygwin. :(

Exactly. However making the readdir and opendir calls use objects and
stop being hardcoded to win32 is a good step in the right direction.

> to code the way i want them to. i'll genuinely code this thing if I
know
> that people like my idea and so it won't end up being hated and
discarded.

It won't end up being hated and discarded :]. I strongly suggest a
one-step-at-a-time approach though: a series of small patches that make
specific changes to get from here to there. Biting off too much is a
common reason for architectural changes to fail.

Rob


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