Added processing Tilde (~) sign in filename:absname

[dieu]

absname(/foo) -> path_to_current_home/foo
absname(/../x) -> path_to_current_home/../x
absname(~/) -> path_to_current_home

[mikpe]

Strongly disagree. This changes absname in an incompatible way. If you want this functionality, it should be in a convenience layer above the filename module, or as a convenience add-on to that module.

[dieu]

@mikpe thank for your feedback. Can you explain where exactly are incompatible this changes?

And how you think it should be implemented?

[mikpe]

Tilde is a perfectly valid character in a UNIX file name, and you're changing the behaviour for file names starting with tilde. That's by definition incompatible.

Just put this new behaviour in a new function, then there's no compatibility issue.

[OTP-Maintainer]

Patch has passed first testings and has been assigned to be reviewed

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[bjorng]

I agree with @mikpe that the change is incompatible and not acceptable.