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authorYoichi Hirai <i@yoichihirai.com>2017-01-02 23:13:57 +0800
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docs: clarify what are considered as absolute paths
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@@ -79,8 +79,9 @@ Paths
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In the above, ``filename`` is always treated as a path with ``/`` as directory separator,
-``.`` as the current and ``..`` as the parent directory. Path names that do not start
-with ``.`` are treated as absolute paths.
+``.`` as the current and ``..`` as the parent directory. When ``.`` or ``..`` is followed by a character except ``/``,
+it is not considered as the current or the parent directory.
+All path names are treated as absolute paths unless they start with the current ``.`` or the parent directory ``..``.
To import a file ``x`` from the same directory as the current file, use ``import "./x" as x;``.
If you use ``import "x" as x;`` instead, a different file could be referenced