cygwin_conv_path POSIX->WIN_A conversion

[Eric Blake]

On 11/11/2011 07:46 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> So I was wondering if the CCP_POSIX_TO_WIN_A function shouldn't be
> changed so that it converts the pathname to the current ANSI or OEM
> charset instead, depending on the value returned by the AreFileApisANSI
> function.

Yes, that sounds right to me,

> 
> I think this would be more correct than converting to the current Cygwin
> multibyte charset.  The downside is, that this *might* break backward
> compatibility.  However, if an application converts a Cygwin POSIX path
> to a native Windows multibyte path, isn't it always for the sake of
> calling a Win32 ANSI function or to submit the path to a native Windows
> application?

Precisely for this reason - the only sane reason to convert to native is
to use the resulting string in native calls.

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Eric Blake   eblake@redhat.com    +1-801-349-2682
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org

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