simplify

Author: scivision

+stdlib/normalize.m

@@ -16,12 +16,14 @@
 
 
 if stdlib.isoctave()
-  n = stdlib.posix(javaObject("java.io.File", p).toPath().normalize().toString());
+  o = javaObject("java.io.File", p).toPath().normalize();
+  n = jPosix(o);
 elseif use_java
-  n = stdlib.posix(java.io.File(p).toPath().normalize().toString());
+  o = java.io.File(p).toPath().normalize();
+  n = jPosix(o);
 else
 
-  n = stdlib.posix(string(p));
+  n = stdlib.posix(p);
 
   % use split to remove /../ and /./ and duplicated /
   parts = split(n, '/');

+stdlib/relative_to.m

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 end
 
 try
-  r = b.relativize(o).toString();
+  r = jPosix(b.relativize(o));
 catch e
   r = "";
   if stdlib.isoctave()
@@ -47,12 +47,6 @@
   end
 end
 
-if isstring(b1)
-  r = string(r);
-end
-
-r = stdlib.posix(r);
-
 end
 
 %!assert(relative_to("/a/b", "/a/b"), ".")