On 13.04.2015 12:23, Stefan Fuhrmann wrote: > On Fri, Apr 10, 2015 at 1:16 AM, Stefan Fuhrmann > <stefan.fuhrm...@wandisco.com <mailto:stefan.fuhrm...@wandisco.com>> > wrote: > > > * svn_relpath_limit > This is a useful API and it is simple enough that support > in future releases should not be a problem. So, keep it > in the public API. However, it should be renamed to > svn_relpath_first_n_components because the current > name suggests something like e.g. a size limit. > > > I discussed this with Brane and he suggested > svn_relpath_prefix as the new name. This is > what Python is using and I'll go with that.
What I meant is that Python uses the term "prefix" for a contiguous subset of path components starting at the root (see: os.path.commonprefix). My only interest is that we don't try to invent a completely new name for this concept. -- Brane