> I'm a bit biased on this. IMHO this simplification in the #printString
> (which I quite like BTW!) is only applicable to Files in DiskFileSystem.
>
> If you have a FileReference on a non disk filesystem (e.g.
>
>     fr1 := FileSystem memory root / 'folder' / 'test.txt'.
>     "memory:///folder/test.txt"
>
> on use this simplified #printString you'll end up with
>
>     '/folder/test.txt' asFileReference.
>
> This might be confusing as this does not mention the filesystem. So
> you might end up creating a new instance via
>
>     fr2 := '/folder/test.txt' asFileReference.
>
> which is not equal to the original fileRef:
>
>     fr1 = fr2 "false"
>
> As I do like the #printString simplification ... why not simply adopt
> a URI style scheme for FileReferences. This would allow encoding the
> filesystem type (e.g. file://, memory://, zip://, s3://) including
> parameters like host if needed and of course the path.
>
> CU,
>
> Udo
>
>
>
> On 04/09/16 09:47, stepharo wrote:
>> It is raining and I will do it :)
>>
>>
>> stef
>>
>>
>> Le 4/9/16 à 02:38, monty a écrit :
>>> +1
>>>
>>>> Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2016 at 10:39 AM
>>>> From: stepharo <[hidden email]>
>>>> To: "Pharo Development List"
>>>> <[hidden email]>
>>>> Subject: [Pharo-dev] About file printOn: method
>>>>
>>>> Hi
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I will implement the following because this is too annoying.
>>>>
>>>> currently
>>>>
>>>> 'tmp/foo.txt' asFileReference
>>>>   >
>>>> File @ tmp/foo.txt
>>>>
>>>> and it would be much much better to get back
>>>> 'tmp/foo.txt' asFileReference
>>>>
>>>> So that we can get
>>>> { 'tmp/foo.txt' asFileReference }
>>>>   > { 'tmp/foo.txt' asFileReference }
>>>>
>>>> and not
>>>>    "an Array(File @ tmp/foo.txt)"
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> In addition we should turn the current printOn: method into a
>>>> displayString method so that
>>>> a list of fileReference can be well display with File @ tmp/foo.txt
>>>> for
>>>> example
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> https://pharo.fogbugz.com/f/cases/18956
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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