Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] abspath: add a function to resolve paths with missing components

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On 2020-12-02 at 13:09:49, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> I am having a hard time with the name `missing_components`. Taking a step
> back, I think that we are interested in essentially two modes: allow one
> missing component, or an arbitrary amount of missing components.
> 
> If this assumption is correct, we may not even need to count components at
> all. We only need a flag indicating whether we allow only the last
> component to be missing, or any number of components. Maybe something like
> `error_on_missing_parent_directory` or some such?

That's certainly easier.  I hope to get a reroll out this week, and I'll
simplify when I do that.
-- 
brian m. carlson (he/him or they/them)
Houston, Texas, US

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