Re: PATCH 5.005_63 Document super-obscure feature of chdir()

[Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu>]

On Thu, Jan 27, 2000 at 04:47:30PM -0700, Tom Christiansen wrote:
> >And I would hate something like TeXish
> 
> >  "The notion of home directory is system-specific.  See your local
> >  documentation for details."
> 
> Do you believe that users of Perl have so little understanding of
> what a home directory is that we should teach them how the precise
> determination is made for each and every operating system, and that
> these clueless ones will actually get something out of it?

No, we need to teach them what it is on their systems, and what
*flavor* of surprises they might expect on other systems.

> Jolly, eh?
> 
> Are you telling me that perlfunc should talk about this?

In such details: no.  But the spirit of things better be reflected.

Ilya

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References to:

Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu>
Tom Christiansen <tchrist@chthon.perl.com>

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