Question about wild-pathnames

[Pascal Bourguignon]

Le 06/07/2023 à 01:26, Robert Goldman a écrit :
> In SBCL and Allegro, it's possible for UIOP to create a pathname for a 
> file whose name is "*" and then we can find a file with such a(n odd) 
> pathname.
> 
> On ABCL, though, this gives me an error:
> 
> |(truename (ensure-pathname "*")) |
> 
> |(truename (uiop:ensure-pathname "*")) #<THREAD "interpreter" native 
> {21C91F12}>: Debugger invoked on condition of type FILE-ERROR Cannot 
> find the TRUENAME for a wild pathname. |


We use DIRECTORY to resolve wild pathnames:

(length (directory (uiop:ensure-pathname "*"))) ; --> 47

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__Pascal Bourguignon__