# HG changeset patch
# User jwe
# Date 949446068 0
# Node ID 9118c2a3bc79ba8c3035373279c1b3401c15cd51
# Parent  f84c0b63b3dfe42ad96084ee30e17567e170c744
[project @ 2000-02-01 23:01:07 by jwe]

diff -r f84c0b63b3df -r 9118c2a3bc79 liboctave/ChangeLog
--- a/liboctave/ChangeLog	Tue Feb 01 22:41:11 2000 +0000
+++ b/liboctave/ChangeLog	Tue Feb 01 23:01:08 2000 +0000
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 2000-02-01  John W. Eaton  <jwe@bevo.che.wisc.edu>
 
+	* oct-env.cc (octave_env::do_polite_directory_format):
+	Use operator== and substr method to do limited-length string
+	comparison.
+
 	* Array2-idx.h, Array-idx.h: Avoid shadowing warnings for idx.
 
 	* Quad.h: Use do_integrate as name of pure virtual function.
diff -r f84c0b63b3df -r 9118c2a3bc79 liboctave/oct-env.cc
--- a/liboctave/oct-env.cc	Tue Feb 01 22:41:11 2000 +0000
+++ b/liboctave/oct-env.cc	Tue Feb 01 23:01:08 2000 +0000
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@
 
   size_t len = home_dir.length ();
 
-  if (len > 1 && home_dir.compare (name, 0, len) == 0
+  if (len > 1 && home_dir == name.substr (0, len)
       && (name.length () == len || name[len] == '/'))
     {
       retval = "~";