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What is SystemPaths::AddSearchPathSuffix() for?

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#121 opened on Nov 4, 2020

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https://github.com/ignitionrobotics/ign-common/blob/0d44a6e3d78590207061593c6f503242eea826b6/src/SystemPaths.cc#L505-L518

What is this function for? It sets this->dataPtr->suffixPaths, but this field has no usage in ign-common (except for this assignment).

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Search the entire repository for any usage of `suffixPaths` beyond the assignment in `AddSearchPathSuffix()`. If none found, consider proposing removal of the function or adding a use case.
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