Re: {base,dir}name // semantics

[Paul Eggert]

address@hidden (Eric Blake) writes:

> should this patch be made globally, or should it be limited to only
> systems that have a distinct //, leaving other platforms to continue
> having just a single slash returned?

Limit it to just those systems, please.

> I would argue that cross-platform consistency is more important

But that cuts both ways: Solaris "dirname //" outputs "/",
and why should GNU/Linux dirname do anything differently?
Let's not change this except on the poor platforms where leading // is
special.