Re: [Pharo-users] How to construct a multi-part file reference

2016-05-07 Thread Udo Schneider
Hi Johan, I remember running into similar problems because I didn't understand the FileSystem philosophy ... and dealing with strings and concatenating them is so much easier, right? :-) After reading the chapter on FileSystem several times over and over again the IMHO most important part of

Re: [Pharo-users] How to construct a multi-part file reference

2016-05-07 Thread Sven Van Caekenberghe
Hi Udo, That is a very good explanation, thank you. I always had the impression that Path is not meant for public use, just part of the implementation. Should it not be part of the -Public package then ? Maybe there are still other ways to parse a Windows path while running on a Mac or Linux ?

Re: [Pharo-users] How to construct a multi-part file reference

2016-05-07 Thread Udo Schneider
Hi Sven, > I always had the impression that Path is not meant for public use, > just part of the implementation. Should it not be part of the -Public > package then ? I'm a bit schizophrenic on this one :-) My "first self" argues that Path as a part of the FileSystem API should indeed remain/be