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23:56:16
Aurora_v_kosmose
Did this patch ever actually get submitted to the mailing list by its author? https://github.com/sbcl/sbcl/pull/37
0:37:07
Theseus
Hi There, I'm using sbcl on linux
0:38:38
Theseus
When I file has no .extension I get inconsistent results from #'pathname-type
0:39:36
Theseus
mostly I get nil, but sometimes I get :unspecific
0:42:38
Theseus
I had a bug in a situation without any debugging so had to write a lot of print statements to file to spot this
0:43:42
Theseus
at the command line I have been unable to reproduce the :unspecific result
0:48:08
Theseus
The :unspecific result happens in a modlisp command processor function.
0:50:06
Theseus
handling this is not a problem, I think, but :unspecific was unintuitive and completely unexpected
0:53:51
Theseus
I'd never have looked for it, ever!
0:56:05
Theseus
logging every variable at every change is a soul destroying desperate measure
0:57:25
Theseus
I'll not treat cl's pathname dictionary so lightly in future
3:08:42
Theseus
looks like this does the trick, from CLHS, (pathname-type (namestring #P"/home/user/problemfile"))
4:44:10
Aurora_v_kosmose
So it seems that the patch never did get posted on the mailing list.