#472: CL:DIRECTORY with wildcard in name -------------------------------+--------------------------- Reporter: Mark Evenson | Owner: (none) Type: defect | Status: new Priority: major | Milestone: 1.7.2 Component: other | Version: 1.7.2-dev Resolution: | Keywords: pathname ansi Parent Tickets: | -------------------------------+---------------------------
Comment (by Mark Evenson):
Replying to [comment:3 Mark Evenson]:
Also, we don't return the truename of all entries like we should.
Actually, we decided not to return TRUENAME for DIRECTORY in order to be able to get the contents of a directory with dangling symlinks.
The extension to ANSI via :RESOLVE-SYMLINKS was added as https://abcl.org/trac/ticket/340, in which it was argued that symlinks should be considered contents of a directory, and that in any event, performing a DIRECTORY on a dangling symlink should not signal an error.
See https://abcl.org/trac/changeset/14624 for additional information on implementation decision.