From: Intransition <transfire@...>
Date: 2013-01-04T11:57:16+09:00
Subject: Literal notation for Pathnames

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One thing I would like Ruby to have is a concise literal notation for 
pathnames. So maybe Ruby could have a literal notation as follows:

    /foo/bar    #=> #<Pathname:/foo/bar>
    ./foo/bar   #=> #<Pathname:./foo/bar>
    ../foo/bar  #=> #<Pathname:../foo/bar>

and/or

    /"foo/bar"    #=> #<Pathname:/foo/bar>
    ./"foo/bar"   #=> #<Pathname:./foo/bar>
    ../"foo/bar"  #=> #<Pathname:../foo/bar>

So, `/`, `./` and `../` would be special keyword and/or unary operators for 
creating Pathname object.

Thoughts?



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One thing I would like Ruby to have is a concise literal notation for pathnames. So maybe Ruby could have a literal notation as follows:<br><br>&nbsp; &nbsp; /foo/bar &nbsp;&nbsp; #=&gt; #&lt;Pathname:/foo/bar&gt;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ./foo/bar&nbsp;&nbsp; #=&gt; #&lt;Pathname:./foo/bar&gt;<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; ../foo/bar&nbsp; #=&gt; #&lt;Pathname:../foo/bar&gt;<br><br>and/or<br><br>&nbsp; &nbsp; /"foo/bar"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; #=&gt; #&lt;Pathname:/foo/bar&gt;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ./"foo/bar"&nbsp;&nbsp; #=&gt; #&lt;Pathname:./foo/bar&gt;<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; ../"foo/bar"&nbsp; #=&gt; #&lt;Pathname:../foo/bar&gt;<br><br>So, `/`, `./` and `../` would be special keyword and/or unary operators for creating Pathname object.<br><br>Thoughts?<br><br><br>
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