From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: find-library-name fails if file (with no extension) exists. Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 20:27:47 +0100 Message-ID: <85hcwrl1sc.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> References: <8764d8u085.fsf@pacem.orebokech.com> <85lkm4zbfa.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <854pssz8u7.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <85r6vvolhx.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1164223869 15820 80.91.229.2 (22 Nov 2006 19:31:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 19:31:09 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Nov 22 20:31:02 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Gmxnq-00075N-OU for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 22 Nov 2006 20:30:39 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Gmxnq-0007mX-8L for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 22 Nov 2006 14:30:38 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Gmxlt-0005bM-5o for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 22 Nov 2006 14:28:37 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Gmxls-0005aP-Gl for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 22 Nov 2006 14:28:36 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Gmxlr-0005Zl-NP for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 22 Nov 2006 14:28:35 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1Gmxld-0000lB-0v for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 22 Nov 2006 14:28:21 -0500 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lola.goethe.zz) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1GmxlS-0003AJ-MU; Wed, 22 Nov 2006 14:28:11 -0500 Original-Received: by lola.goethe.zz (Postfix, from userid 1002) id 42A921C29846; Wed, 22 Nov 2006 20:27:47 +0100 (CET) Original-To: Eli Zaretskii In-Reply-To: (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Wed\, 22 Nov 2006 20\:38\:24 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.90 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:62688 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: >> Cc: lekktu@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org >> From: David Kastrup >> Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 10:53:46 +0100 >> >> That file names are strings is not Posix-centric. > > Most other filesystems are case-insensitive. > >> Avoiding complications in design is not just a question of >> accommodating "uneducated programmers". > > Simple designs have their demerits as well. Witness the "cat > /usr/bin/emacs" snafu on Unix, where you can have yourself logged off > or hanged due to the fact that text and binary data are not > indistinguishable by design. "not indistinguishable"? Anyway, are you saying that terminals can't get confused by binary data on Windows? -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum