[armedbear-cvs] r14151 - trunk/abcl/doc/design/pathnames

[mevenson at common-lisp.net]

Author: mevenson
Date: Wed Sep 12 06:23:41 2012
New Revision: 14151

Log:
Draft of analysis of Pathname merge semantics problems.

This problem seems to be at the root of loading JNA.

Added:
   trunk/abcl/doc/design/pathnames/merging-defaults.markdown

Added: trunk/abcl/doc/design/pathnames/merging-defaults.markdown
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+If *DEFAULT-PATHNAME-DEFAULTS* is a JAR-PATHNAME, commands like 
+
+    CL-USER: (probe-file #"/") 
+    
+will fail.  
+
+## Other implementations
+
+### SBCL
+
+A host nonce which appears in the reader as
+#<SB-IMPL::UNIX-HOST {1000290443}>.  (Is there a different one under
+Windows?)
+
+### CLISP
+
+HOST is NIL.
+
+
+### CCL
+
+HOST is :UNSPECIFIC. 
+
+
+### ECL
+
+HOST is NIL.
+
+
+
+