Add Path.absolute or Path.canonical

[emilkloeden]

Hi, long time listener, first time problem-maker 😅. I am trying to build a simple CLI in roc and when I found the Path module I was hoping to convert a relative path to an absolute one but failed to find the functionality to do so? Did I miss it? Could it be added? (Would offer to try myself but I am painfully aware of my current skill level ☺️).

My expectation would be that it takes a string representing either a relative or absolute path and returns the absolute path. Java, I think distinguishes between "absolute" and "canonical" paths. To my understanding, the difference is the latter resolves syntax like ".." while the former would just include the ".." in the path. FWIW I personally prefer the latter's behaviour and the former's name.

[Anton-4]

Hi @emilkloeden :)
I think this addition makes sense!
I propose we call it canonicalize for consistency with Rust.

As a temporary workaround you can use the unix command realpath through Cmd.output.

[emilkloeden]

Hi @Anton-4 , thanks for getting back to me. Agree that canonicalize sounds better - it's a verb after all :).