GoferApiTest failing (WinXP)

> It could be fixed by changing
>
> MCSubDirectoryRepository>>#description
>
> +       ^ directory pathName, FileDirectory slash , '*'
> -       ^ directory pathName, '/*'
>
> The current implementation works because '/' and '\' both are valid path
> separators on windows. Assuming '/' as path delimiter would cause trouble with
> MacFileDirectory - but that might be obsolete anyway.
> So may be the test is too strict?

>> It could be fixed by changing
>>
>> MCSubDirectoryRepository>>#description
>>
>> +       ^ directory pathName, FileDirectory slash , '*'
>> -       ^ directory pathName, '/*'
>>
>> The current implementation works because '/' and '\' both are valid path
>> separators on windows. Assuming '/' as path delimiter would cause trouble with
>> MacFileDirectory - but that might be obsolete anyway.
>> So may be the test is too strict?
>
> I bet that breaks the tests on all platforms other than Windows.

> Lukas Renggli schrieb:
>>> running the tests in latest images PharoCore-1.1 and 1.0 on WinXP I see
>>> GoferApiTest>>#testSubDirectoryRepository failing.
>>
>> Are you sure that you use the latest Gofer code, because I think I
>> fixed that a while back.
>>
> I just ran the tests that come with
>
> PharoCore-1.0-10508
> PharoCore-1.1-11196
>
> using the image as it is.
>
> I updated to Gofer-Tests lr.115 and now I see, that #testSubDirectoryRepository
> has been removed in that version...
>
>>> It could be fixed by changing
>>>
>>> MCSubDirectoryRepository>>#description
>>>
>>> +       ^ directory pathName, FileDirectory slash , '*'
>>> -       ^ directory pathName, '/*'
>>>
>>> The current implementation works because '/' and '\' both are valid path
>>> separators on windows. Assuming '/' as path delimiter would cause trouble with
>>> MacFileDirectory - but that might be obsolete anyway.
>>> So may be the test is too strict?
>>
>> I bet that breaks the tests on all platforms other than Windows.
>
> Why do you think so? Is 'FileDirectory slash' broken on platforms other than
> Windows?

>> This is the idea. Now lukas I would like to see the interface of FileSystem
>> a bit more user friendly see the reply to our answers.
>>
>> I would love to use FileSystem for Coral so the api is really important for
>> scripting.
>
> Yeah, the Filesystem API is currently quite verbose in many parts.
>
> Lukas
>
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