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Add descriptions for path.Clean and filepath.Clean #39236

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howjmay opened this issue May 24, 2020 · 1 comment
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Add descriptions for path.Clean and filepath.Clean #39236

howjmay opened this issue May 24, 2020 · 1 comment
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howjmay commented May 24, 2020 •
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What version of Go are you using (go version)?

$ go version

go version go1.14 Linux/amd64

Does this issue reproduce with the latest release?

Yes

What operating system and processor architecture are you using (go env)?

go env Output
$ go env

Linux on x86

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What did you expect to see?

The description of the documents for path.Clean and filepath.Clean not mention the difference between them. The implementation and the test cases are almost the same (the test cases are exactly the same). Do we need to append some description about the difference between the usage of these two functions to the current documents?

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The difference between path.Clean and filepath.Clean is that the former works on slash-separated paths, and the latter works on paths separated using OS-specific separator characters (such as backslash on Windows). This is documented in the function docs if you read closely, and it is documented in the package docs of the path and filepath/path packages.

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