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Re: tmpdir.c:path_search() v. VMS
From: |
Steven M. Schweda |
Subject: |
Re: tmpdir.c:path_search() v. VMS |
Date: |
Mon, 15 Jul 2013 16:47:17 -0500 (CDT) |
From: Paul Eggert <address@hidden>
> On 07/15/2013 01:39 PM, Steven M. Schweda wrote:
>
> > Oooh, I don't think that I'd do that.
>
> Sorry, I don't know VMS so I'm flying blind here.
When in doubt, don't do it, I always say.
> How about this instead?
>
> #ifdef __VMS
> add_slash = false;
> #endif
Sounds safer (though still less clear than "= 0", I claim).
> (No need for the "(int)" type cast around here, either.)
> The cast is needed on some platforms, and shouldn't hurt on VMS.
Yeah, it's harmless. I didn't remember seeing it in the original
(right-order) arg list, so I was afraid it was in there just to "fix" a
problem with the arg order. But I now see that it was there before.
SMS.