[fpc-devel] GetAppConfigDir confusion

[Ales Katona]

Michael Van Canneyt  wrote / napísal(a):
> On Tue, 29 Jul 2008, Ales Katona wrote:
>
>   
>> It seems that currently, GetAppConfigDir performs rather incosistently.
>>
>> On Unix, it returns path with trailing pathdelim, on windows it returns path
>> with random trailing path delim (depends on which branch, see code).
>>
>> What should it be then?
>>
>> Considering the importance of this function to programs, it's changes along
>> versions (e.g: 2.2.0 vs 2.2.2 vs soon-to-be-trunk) I think we need to document
>> the behaviors per-version so people can decide if it's even viable to use atm.
>> (I got burned).
>>
>> So.. questions are:
>> 1. trailing pathdelims, yes or no? (of course only if there's something to
>> return)
>>     
>
> What is the most logical according to you ?
>   

I think the pathdelim should be there so people can simply add name of 
their file to it. That's how it currently works in unix, and I think 
it's the most logical solution. Loesje said he'll look into it but I can 
help, after someone confirms which way to go :)

>   
>> 2. can I  update the doc with per-version peculiarities info?
>>     
>
> I'll take care of this.
>   

Thanks

> Michael. 
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