Re: [patch@35050] replace pathify_dirspec in VMS with new version

John E. Malmberg wrote:
> The mp_do_pathify_dirspec needed enhancements to more accurately parse 
> VMS file specifications, and also to handle UNIX file specifications the 
> same way that mp_do_tovmspath() does.
> 
> It was simpler to replace than to try to modify the existing routine.
> 
> In addition this is the start of fixing issues where routines can be 
> called with a null thread context, by removing the thread context where 
> it is not needed.
> 
> More patches will be following this.

An additional note, this patch may cause some tests in vmsfspec.t to 
fail.  That is because the old behavior of pathfiy_dirspec() was 
inconsistent with vmsify().

I am working on a new version of vmssfspec.t that handles both the 
traditional mode of perl and with the decc$efs_charset / 
decc$filename_unix_report modes activated.

-John
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