Logical pathname namestring syntax




Suppose we do this:

(setf (logical-pathname-translations "MY-HOST") ())
=> NIL
(setf *default-pathname-defaults* (pathname "MY-HOST:"))
=> ;; implementation-dependent

What should the following return?

(pathname-directory "foo.lisp.newest")
=> ???

A few implementations return NIL, a few (:ABSOLUTE). This proves
significant for merging, of course.

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RmK
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