[tex-live] Interference with Embarcadero C++Builder?

[Philip TAYLOR]

Yes, it was not the semantics of "/" v. "\"
that I was challenging : rather, Norbert's
(IMHO, sweeping) assertion that "If a user on
Windows knows about PATH and knows how to find it he
will also know that / and \ is equivalent.".

I really think that this is patently untrue.

** Phil.
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T T wrote:

> Norbert is right in that [back]slashes are handled directly at the
> Windows API level and therefore this distinction is transparent to
> applications interfacing with OS through proper APIs. From:
>
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365247(VS.85).aspx
>
> "File I/O functions in the Windows API convert "/" to "\" as part of
> converting the name to an NT-style name ..."
>
> Of course applications doing their own parsing of PATH might be affected.
>
> I've already prepared a patch for it and we will fix it soon after the release.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Tomek