From: matz@... (Yukihiro Matsumoto)
Date: 2003-08-23T23:45:42+09:00
Subject: Re: [BUG] File.expand_path regression in 1.8.0


In message "[BUG] File.expand_path regression in 1.8.0"
    on 03/08/21, Idan Sofer <idan@idanso.dyndns.org> writes:

|File.expand_path seems to be much slower under ruby 1.8.0 when compared to 
|ruby 1.6.8, tested under debian unstable

File.expand_path in 1.8 does a lot more than 1.6, for example, UNC
support, removing path length limit, robustness, etc.

							matz.