Re: File.extname edge case bug?

mathew wrote:
> Daniel Berger wrote:
> 
>> Should File.extname("..") return "" or "."?  It currently returns ".".
>>
>> The comments in the source say that it returns an empty string if the 
>> string provided as an argument begins with a "." and is the only "." 
>> in the string.
>>
>> I would argue that any string that begins with a ".", regardless of 
>> how many total "." there are in the string, should return an empty 
>> string. My opinion is based on years of convention.  I have never, 
>> ever seen string that began with "." and had an extension as well.  No 
>> one ever does this afaik. 
> 
> 
> 
> I agree that extname("..") should return "", but I disagree with the 
> rest of your reasoning. As others have mentioned, there are .config.ext 
> files around.

Roger that.

> I think any string which *ends* with a "." should return "". I don't 
> think the start of the string should have anything to do with the output 
> of extname.

That sounds right.  I guess I can't think of a scenario where this 
doesn't work.  Anyone?

Regards,

Dan