[Bug-mit-scheme] [bug #30546] Documentation for directory-read disagrees with behaviour

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URL:
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                 Summary: Documentation for directory-read disagrees with
behaviour
                 Project: MIT/GNU Scheme
            Submitted by: None
            Submitted on: Sun 25 Jul 2010 05:14:06 PM UTC
                Category: runtime
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: None
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: Taylor Venable
        Originator Email: address@hidden
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                Keywords: 

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Details:

I'm using version 9.0.1 (actually git commit
2f3974e6fc01e28bbc5f4416bb76adf5d079c987) on Linux x86_64.

The documentation for directory-read says: "If directory has name, type, or
version components, the returned list contains only those pathnames whose
name, type, and version components match those of directory; wild or #f as one
of these components means “match anything”."

However, it does not appear in reality as if #f means the same thing as
'wild, for example (comparing #f and 'wild in the name field to emulate
looking for "*.scm"):

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1 ]=> (directory-read (make-pathname #f #f '(absolute "home" "taylor") #f
"scm" #f))

;Value: ()

1 ]=> (directory-read (make-pathname #f #f '(absolute "home" "taylor") 'wild
"scm" #f))

;Value 448: (#[pathname 449 "/home/taylor/match.scm"] #[pathname 450
"/home/taylor/selector-test.scm"] #[pathname 451 "/home/taylor/validator.scm"]
#[pathname 452 "/home/taylor/wiki2html.scm"])

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The same goes for making the type field #f vs. 'wild.




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