Date: Sun, 4 Apr 1999 09:30:01 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject: Re: patch for <sys\types.h>
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On Fri, 2 Apr 1999, Mark E. wrote:

> > Forward slashes.  Forward slashes!
> 
> It's too easy to forget! Perhaps if the port of the next version of the diff 
> utils converted backslashes to slashes?

IMHO, it's none of Diff's business to do so.  A user could
legitimately want backslashes in the patch (e.g., to process the patch
with some ancient DOS-based utility), and the users should have the
freedom to do so without Diff being in their way.  But freedom
requires responsibility to deal with it...