--- a/mde/mergetag/Writer.d	Sun Jun 29 15:40:37 2008 +0100
+++ b/mde/mergetag/Writer.d	Thu Jul 03 12:40:31 2008 +0100
@@ -90,12 +90,14 @@
  * Throws:
  *  MTFileFormatException if unable to determine writing format or use requested format.
  */
-IWriter makeWriter (char[] path, DataSet dataset = null, WriterMethod method = WriterMethod.FromExtension) {
+//FIXME: separate functions for separate functionality, like in Reader?
+IWriter makeWriter (char[] path, DataSet dataset = null,
+                    WriterMethod method = WriterMethod.FromExtension) {
     if (method == WriterMethod.FromExtension) {
-        PathView fpath = new FilePath (path);
-        
-        if (fpath.ext == "mtt") return new MTTWriter (fpath, dataset);
-        else if (fpath.ext == "mtb") return new MTBWriter (fpath, dataset);
+        if (path.length > 4 && path[$-4..$] == ".mtt")
+            return new MTTWriter (path, dataset);
+        else if (path.length > 4 && path[$-4..$] == ".mtb")
+            return new MTBWriter (path, dataset);
         else {
             logger.error ("Unable to determine writing format: text or binary");
             throw new MTFileFormatException;
@@ -143,7 +145,7 @@
     /* The container where data is written from. */
     DataSet _dataset;
     
-    PathView _path;
+    char[] _path;
 //END DATA
     
 //BEGIN CTOR / DTOR
@@ -152,16 +154,12 @@
     * The call doesn't actually execute any code so cannot fail (unless out of memory).
     *
     * Params:
-    * path = The name or FilePath of the file to open.
+    * path = The name of the file to open.
     *     Standard extensions are .mtt and .mtb for text and binary files respectively.
     * dataset_ = If null create a new DataSet, else use existing DataSet *dataset_ and merge read
     *     data into it.
     */
     public this (char[] path, DataSet ds = null) {
-        this (new FilePath (path), ds);
-    }
-    /** ditto */
-    public this (PathView path, DataSet ds = null) {
         _path = path;
         _dataset = ds;
     }
@@ -235,9 +233,6 @@
 */
 class MTBWriter : IWriter {
     public this (char[] path, DataSet ds = null) {
-        this (new FilePath (path), ds);
-    }
-    public this (PathView path, DataSet ds = null) {
         throw new MTNotImplementedException;
         
         /+_path = path;