Re: find-library-name fails if file (with no extension) exists.

[David Kastrup]

Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:

>> From: David Kastrup <address@hidden>
>> Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 02:04:58 +0100
>> Cc: Juanma Barranquero <address@hidden>, Emacs Devel <address@hidden>
>> 
>> The problem is that "case sensitivity" requires a notion of "identical
>> except for case"
>
> Only if you use string comparison for comparing file names.  File
> names are not strings for the purpose of equality, as Juanma pointed
> out, and programmers should be educated to think that way.  Just
> change your abstraction, and you are done.  For example, there's a
> different function, even in the string class, for ``identical but for
> case'' comparison.

Where is the guarantee that this function delivers identical results
to the operating system?  Where is the hash function that makes
dealing with directory listings natural?

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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum