[wp-hackers] What is the logic on stripping slashes on add_post_meta?

[Ozh]

>(...) when people use my plugin on a
>Windows host that uses '\' as directory seperaters. It turns
>"C:\folder\subfolder" into "C:foldersubfolder".

As a general rule in my plugins I always str_replace('\\', '/') every 
string that can contain a path, even WP consts and vars such as 
TEMPLATEPATH. Saves a lot of troubles and always work no matter what OS is 
running.

Ozh