27 Jan
2005
27 Jan
'05
12:57 p.m.
Gregory Wright
Actually, Common Lisp specifies a special data type to handle logical filepaths, which are distinct from file path strings. Having had to debug common lisp code that uses this (written by other people) I've observed that this attempt to do the "Right Thing" almost certainly has caused more trouble than it has solved.
See also http://www.gigamonkeys.com/book/practical-a-portable-pathname-library.pdf -- __("< Marcin Kowalczyk \__/ qrczak@knm.org.pl ^^ http://qrnik.knm.org.pl/~qrczak/