Re: path-pathname? too embarrassed to call it...

On 2008-09-08, Kenny <kentilton@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
...pathname-pathname? Talk about a stutter. Paging Major Major.

I can't find a PATH-PATHNAME in the CLHS. Where did you find this?

There is a PATHNAME-NAME accessor for the PATHNAME class, to get the
name component; is that what you are thinking of?

A better name for this slot would be BASENAME (borrowing from Unix).

But you see, the whole class should just have been called PATH. NAME is
redundant in PATHNAME. A PATH is generally understood to designate (something
akin to name) a location. See, this makes sense. You have a path, which has
a name. (As well as a directory, type, and other attributes).

And what was wrong with pathname-sans-filename? Too accurate and easy

What's wrong with PATHNAME-DIRECTORY?

Note that the basename might not be a file, so ``sans-filename'' is inaccurate.

to remember? Or have the English still not gotten over all those wars
with France?

Gotten over? Are you saying they lost some?
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