> if (as i think you're saying)  "/some//dir" should be treated as "/some/./dir",
> then "/foo" should also be interpreted as "./foo" since it starts with "" ?

This could be avoided by visualising the "" occuring *after* the / and not
before. ie /some/"" + /dir. This then makes your example /foo = /foo, but
makes /foo/ = /foo/.

Or whatever.


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