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diff --git a/contrib/perl5/ext/File/Glob/TODO b/contrib/perl5/ext/File/Glob/TODO new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..ef2547fa4118 --- /dev/null +++ b/contrib/perl5/ext/File/Glob/TODO @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +Some issues left to take care of: + + o sane ~ handling on non-Unix platforms + + Currently on non-Unix, when the glob code encounters a tilde glob + (.e.g ~user/foo or ~/.cshrc), it simply returns that pattern + without doing any expansion (meaning perl will weed it out since a + file of that name isn't likely to exist). + + Please, if you have strong feelings about how tilde expansion + should be done on your favorite non-Unix platform(s), submit a + patch. + + o path separator handling + + Guido's code contains the assumption that the path separator is one + character (byte, probably) in length. Win32 doesn't object to the + true slash as a separator. I imagine MacPerl could change the SEP + cpp #define to ":". I have no idea what it is for VMS. Again, if + you have ideas and especially patches, please feel free to share + them. |