From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: find-library-name fails if file (with no extension) exists. Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 20:38:24 +0200 Message-ID: References: <8764d8u085.fsf@pacem.orebokech.com> <85lkm4zbfa.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <854pssz8u7.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <85r6vvolhx.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1164220734 4143 80.91.229.2 (22 Nov 2006 18:38:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 18:38:54 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Nov 22 19:38:49 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 1GmwzX-0002s8-6P for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 22 Nov 2006 19:38:39 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GmwzW-0007E7-Eg for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 22 Nov 2006 13:38:38 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GmwzH-0007Bx-L3 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 22 Nov 2006 13:38:23 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GmwzG-00078c-1n for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 22 Nov 2006 13:38:23 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GmwzF-00078O-S5 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 22 Nov 2006 13:38:21 -0500 Original-Received: from [192.114.186.66] (helo=romy.inter.net.il) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1GmwzF-0005v5-2f; Wed, 22 Nov 2006 13:38:21 -0500 Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 (IGLD-83-130-254-129.inter.net.il [83.130.254.129]) by romy.inter.net.il (MOS 3.7.3-GA) with ESMTP id GIL39894 (AUTH halo1); Wed, 22 Nov 2006 20:38:17 +0200 (IST) Original-To: David Kastrup In-reply-to: <85r6vvolhx.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> (message from David Kastrup on Wed, 22 Nov 2006 10:53:46 +0100) 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:62682 Archived-At: > 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.