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Issue: PATHNAME-COMPONENT-CASE (Version 4)
- To: CL-Cleanup@SAIL.Stanford.EDU
- Subject: Issue: PATHNAME-COMPONENT-CASE (Version 4)
- From: Kim Barrett <IIM@ECLA.USC.EDU>
- Date: Tue, 13 Jun 89 18:21 EDT
- Comments: Received from Kim Barrett by KMP on MSDOS floppy disk via US Mail
- Sender: KMP@STONY-BROOK.SCRC.Symbolics.COM
I had one person here who's initial reaction was against :COMMON as the default
:CASE, but I think it's the right thing. At first I thought that perhaps the
:COMMON convention was backward, but after reviewing the file systems I've
encountered, I agree that the choice is pretty much arbitrary, and consistency
with Lisp symbols is as good a reason for choosing a direction on this as any.
(Of course, the READ-CASE proposal might change this argument out from under.)