[Erc-help] Re: Slow access to files using UNC path

[Richard S. <rm...@gn...>]

    The rationale behind "" was that a non-zero string may be
    misinterpreted by a user/programmer as a real path,

(Side issue reminder: please call it a "file name".  In GNU we use the
term "path" only for lists of directories to search, like $PATH.)