Re: Unix directories as lexical scopes?

From: William (Reply_at_NewsGroup.Please)
Date: 05/27/04 

Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 14:53:35 -0500

<joe@invalid.address> wrote in message
news:m3y8ngymxw.fsf@invalid.address...
>
> Ok, but my question remains. What would the value be of changing
> things to the extent you suggest? In what circumstances would what you
> suggest be an advantage?

This is only slightly related, but one of the tools I use has the facility
to
detect a configuration file in the current directory or its parents and
reconfigure accordingly. (It's a version control system, and the file
can cause it to select a different repository mapping, username, etc.)

It's very useful, but it's also a rather limited case. -Wm

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