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Re: Patch: File.toURL() and URLStreamHandler.parseURL() fixes

Tom Tromey wrote:
> One question about File.getAbsolutePath().  What if the file name is
> something like "C:foo"?  Does this even make sense?  And if so, won't
> this canonicalize (using the new code) to something like "A:\C:foo",
> which is incorrect?

You are absolutely right - thanks for catching this!


> FYI there is still a POSIX-ism in File.getParent().
> This method needs to be Windows-aware, I think.

Yes, and also in getName( ) - I'll submit a patch separately.

Ranjit.

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