Issue 2606: [filesys.ts] [PDTS] Path depth is underspecified

Title: [filesys.ts] [PDTS] Path depth is underspecified
Status: open
Section: [fs.def.path]
Submitter: CH-5

Created on 2014-01-20.00:00:00 last changed 90 months ago

Messages

Date: 2016-01-28.01:00:35

Proposed resolution:

Change 4.15 [fs.def.path]:

4.15 path [fs.def.path]

A sequence of elements that identify the location of a file within a filesystem. The elements are the root-name_opt , root-directory_opt , and an optional sequence of filenames.

The maximum number of elements in the sequence is operating system dependent.

msg7710 (view)

Date: 2014-02-15.00:00:00

[ 2014-02-07, Beman Dawes provides wording ]

msg7709 (view)

Date: 2014-02-15.00:00:00

[ 2014-02-07, Beman Dawes comments ]

"implementaton defined" and "operating system dependent" are well defined terms in this TS, but "implementation dependent" is not well defined. The path depth is operating system dependent, so that's the form used in the proposed wording.

msg7708 (view)

Date: 2016-01-31.20:31:05

Addresses: filesys.ts

Path depth is implementation dependent.

Add a paragraph: "The maximum length of the sequence (i.e. the maximum depth) is implementation dependent.

History
Date	User	Action	Args
2017-07-30 20:10:41	admin	set	status: wp -> open
2016-01-28 01:00:35	admin	set	messages: + msg7711
2016-01-28 01:00:35	admin	set	messages: + msg7710
2016-01-28 01:00:35	admin	set	messages: + msg7709
2014-01-20 00:00:00	admin	create