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From: "Andris Pavenis" <pavenis AT lanet DOT lv>
To: Andris Pavenis <pavenis AT lanet DOT lv>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 21:10:16 +0300
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Subject: Re: -fxref bug?
CC: Gerhard Gruber <sparhawk AT eunet DOT at>, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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Date sent:      	Thu, 13 Aug 1998 14:18:44 +0300 (IDT)
From:           	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
Subject:        	Re: -fxref bug?

> 
> On Thu, 13 Aug 1998, Andris Pavenis wrote:
> 
> > + #ifdef __DJGPP__
> > + #define FILE_NAME_ABSOLUTE_P(NAME) \
> > + 	((NAME[0] == '/') || \
> > + 	(isascii(NAME[0]) && NAME[1]==':' && \
> > + 	 (NAME[2]=='/' || NAME[2]=='\\')))
> > + #endif
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> However, this has a few drawbacks: a drive letter doesn't have to be 
> isascii and a name such as d:foo should also be treated as absolute.  It 
> also doesn't support backslashes.
> 
> So I would suggest the following:
> 
>   #define FILE_NAME_ABSOLUTE_P(NAME) \
>       (((NAME)[0] == '/') || ((NAME)[0] == '\\') || \
>        (((NAME)[0] >= 'A') && ((NAME)[0] <= 'z') && ((NAME)[1] == ':')))
> 

I think 

#define FILE_NAME_ABSOLUTE_P(NAME) \
      (((NAME)[0] == '/') || ((NAME)[0] == '\\') || \
      ((isalpha(NAME)[0]) && ((NAME)[1]==':')))

is even more better (we are excluding special symbols between 
'Z' and 'a')

Andris