> On Mar 10, 2015, at 8:43 AM, Sven Van Caekenberghe <s...@stfx.eu> wrote: > > OK, both of the following make sense > > /Users/sven/Desktop/foo.txt > file:///Users/sven/Desktop/foo.txt <file:///Users/sven/Desktop/foo.txt> > > But what about native (OS platform) conventions ? > > I don't want to see Windows backslashes, but Windows user might disagree. > > There is not one good solution, hence you must use specific > accessors/convertors.
The alternative to no one good solution is to find the sensible less worst solution. Do we have a way to strategise the answer of asString per supported platform in such a way that it will conform the string representation of the path to a file? I’m still trying to understand the practical use of the current answer instead of strategize the answer per platform