Merge: Work on the Curl module
[nit.git] / lib / standard / file.nit
index 5a89d10..9687b0c 100644 (file)
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ class FileReader
        end
 
        # End of file?
-       redef var end_reached: Bool = false
+       redef var end_reached = false
 
        # Open the file at `path` for reading.
        #
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ class Stdin
                prepare_buffer(1)
        end
 
-       redef fun poll_in: Bool is extern "file_stdin_poll_in"
+       redef fun poll_in is extern "file_stdin_poll_in"
 end
 
 # Standard output stream.
@@ -767,11 +767,12 @@ redef class String
                return res
        end
 
-       # Simplify a file path by remove useless ".", removing "//", and resolving ".."
+       # Simplify a file path by remove useless `.`, removing `//`, and resolving `..`
        #
-       # * ".." are not resolved if they start the path
-       # * starting "/" is not removed
-       # * trailing "/" is removed
+       # * `..` are not resolved if they start the path
+       # * starting `.` is simplified unless the path is empty
+       # * starting `/` is not removed
+       # * trailing `/` is removed
        #
        # Note that the method only work on the string:
        #
@@ -785,17 +786,29 @@ redef class String
        # assert "dir/..".simplify_path            ==  "."
        # assert "//absolute//path/".simplify_path ==  "/absolute/path"
        # assert "//absolute//../".simplify_path   ==  "/"
+       # assert "/".simplify_path                 == "/"
+       # assert "../".simplify_path               == ".."
+       # assert "./".simplify_path                == "."
+       # assert "././././././".simplify_path      == "."
+       # assert "./../dir".simplify_path                  == "../dir"
+       # assert "./dir".simplify_path                     == "dir"
        # ~~~
        fun simplify_path: String
        do
                var a = self.split_with("/")
                var a2 = new Array[String]
                for x in a do
-                       if x == "." then continue
-                       if x == "" and not a2.is_empty then continue
+                       if x == "." and not a2.is_empty then continue # skip `././`
+                       if x == "" and not a2.is_empty then continue # skip `//`
                        if x == ".." and not a2.is_empty and a2.last != ".." then
-                               a2.pop
-                               continue
+                               if a2.last == "." then # do not skip `./../`
+                                       a2.pop # reduce `./../` in `../`
+                               else # reduce `dir/../` in `/`
+                                       a2.pop
+                                       continue
+                               end
+                       else if not a2.is_empty and a2.last == "." then
+                               a2.pop # reduce `./dir` in `dir`
                        end
                        a2.push(x)
                end
@@ -1236,7 +1249,7 @@ end
 # Print `objects` on the standard output (`stdout`).
 fun printn(objects: Object...)
 do
-       sys.stdout.write(objects.to_s)
+       sys.stdout.write(objects.plain_to_s)
 end
 
 # Print an `object` on the standard output (`stdout`) and add a newline.