On Friday, May 27, 2005 12:20 AM Mike Thomas wrote: > ... > Lispworks gives: > > CL-USER 1 > (probe-file "./") > #P"C:/Documents and Settings/miketh/" > > CL-USER 2 > (truename "./") > #P"C:/Documents and Settings/miketh/" > > Corman Lisp gives: > > (probe-file "./") > NIL > (truename "./") > #P"C:/Documents and Settings/miketh/"
> ... > 1. Which behaviour is correct on Windows? (I believe that "." and > ".." are actual entities on Unix, but not Windows. Convenience > argues for following LW rather than Corman.) Recall that originally Camm changed the behaviour of probe-file in GCL Version_2_6_7pre in order to be able to distringuish between a "file" and a "directory". For doing things like recursively traversing a directory tree, this distinction is necessary. I believe whether they are actual entities or not, "." and ".." are (indirect) references to directories - not files. So to me the Corman behaviour makes the most sense. Regards, Bill Page. _______________________________________________ Axiom-developer mailing list Axiom-developer@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/axiom-developer
