Re: make-pathname* and Allegro

Faré wrote:

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Dear Kevin,

That change was just a reindentation. If you keep going along the git blame ${VER}^ -- pathname.lisp history, you find that the commit that introduced this line is 96cecd29 (2.26.85, citing "More pathname madness for allegro"), but it only generalizes 21594070 (2.26.82, citing just testing concerns).

Thanks for tracing it back further.

My current theory is that it was done to regularize the device slot on Windows and non-Windows, where Allegro's default is different (nil on Windows and :unspecific on non-Windows). Unfortunately, the reason for this difference is lost in time (oh, the 90's).

If I find I have time, I may do tests you suggest. Thanks.

Kevin