[Mono-bugs] [Bug 56993][Wis] Changed - Mono should autoconvert '\' to '/' in pathnames

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Changed by kornelpal at hotmail.com.

http://bugzilla.ximian.com/show_bug.cgi?id=56993

--- shadow/56993	2005-06-29 06:43:09.000000000 -0400
+++ shadow/56993.tmp.20727	2005-06-29 07:25:52.000000000 -0400
@@ -129,6 +129,21 @@
 
 You can (and should) use Path.PathSeparator instead of \ or / when 
 building paths without Path.Combine.
 
 ------- Additional Comments From dick at ximian.com  2005-06-29 06:43 -------
 I don't think wishlist items should be closed as NOTABUG
+
+------- Additional Comments From kornelpal at hotmail.com  2005-06-29 07:25 -------
+Then please close it as you wish but this feature should not be 
+implemented because it would cause problems. For example on 
+Linux '\' is a valid charachter in file and directory names. By 
+replacing '\' to '/' the runtime could even cause security problems 
+by accessing to different files it should. And the current path 
+model is compatible even with an imaginary files system where 
+both '\' and '/' are valid characters and path separator is 'X' for 
+example. By implementing '\' to '/' conversion applications would 
+use '\' as path separator instead of Path.PathSeparator and they 
+could not access to files containing '\' in their names. Class 
+Library has to provide transparent path handling to operating system 
+functions. System.IO.Path is intended to expose the characteristics 
+of paths and implement path handling functionality.