[plt-scheme] normalize-path

On Feb  5, Dave Herman wrote:
> What's the difference in v299 between
> 
>      (normalize-path p wrt)
> 
> and, say,
> 
>      (resolve-path
>       (expand-path
>        (simplify-path
>         (path->complete-path p wrt))))
> 
> or something like that?

`normalize-path' is still defined in Scheme (collects/mzlib/file.ss),
just look at the definition and you'll get a sense of the
difference...  The thing with paths is that you can sort of assume
that some combination works like `normalize-path', but to making it
work everywhere is surprisingly difficult.  (Consider case issues on
Windows, symlinks on unix, possible link cycles, the separate drive &
path on Windows...)

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