Re: [RFH/PATCH] prefix_path(): disallow absolute paths

Johannes Sixt [off-list ref] writes:

The #ifdef I'm addressing above is one that we had to introduce because in
the old implementation of prefix_path() on Windows we had to rewrite the
path more often than on *nix due to '\\' => '/' conversion. In your new
implementation this rewriting now always takes place, but on *nix it more
often turns out to be an identity operation.

I am not sure what you mean by "\\" => '/', but you are right.
We should be able to optimize the common case of prefix=none and
no special path components found in path, which should be an
identity function.

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Especially I have no idea how would that drive lettter stuff
would/should work.  When you are in C:\Documents\Panda\, how
would you express D:\Movie\Porn\My Favorite.mpg as a relative
path?

You can't. But when would this be necessary?

I don't know.  That's why I asked.