> * Thomas F. Burdick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-05-09 14:41:37 -0700]: > > Sam Steingold writes: > > > Both LWW and CLISP return #P"foo-*" - why did CMUCL decide to quote the *? > > Oops, to answer the question, so it can read it back in. Pathname > syntax is implementation-specific. #p"foo-*" would be a pattern on > CMUCL, #p"foo-\\*" would be the pathname object you constructed.
so what do I pass as :NAME to MAKE-PATHNAME to get a wild pathname? CLISP & LWW let me do either (make-pathname :name "foo-*") or (make-pathname :name "foo-\\*") with predictable results. CMUCL does not allow me to create a wild pathname with MAKE-PATHNAME. Oh well... -- Sam Steingold (http://www.podval.org/~sds) running w2k <http://www.camera.org> <http://www.iris.org.il> <http://www.memri.org/> <http://www.mideasttruth.com/> <http://www.honestreporting.com> In the race between idiot-proof software and idiots, the idiots are winning.
