[Openmcl-devel] pathname problem with open-shared-library?

[Rick Taube]

Directory seems to add "\\" to pathnames when there is more than one 
dot in the pathname but then this causes problems when you attempt to 
pass that string programmatically to open-shared-library:
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Welcome to OpenMCL Version (Beta: Darwin) 0.14.1-p1!

? (setq l (directory "/sw/lib/libgtk-x11-2.*.dylib"))
(#P"/sw/lib/libgtk-x11-2\\.0\\.0\\.200\\.4.dylib")

? (open-shared-library (namestring (car l)))
 > Error in process listener(1): Error opening shared library 
"/sw/lib/libgtk-x11-2\\.0\\.0\\.200\\.4.dylib": dyld: /Lisp/ccl/dppccl 
can't open library: /sw/lib/libgtk-x11-2\.0\.0\.200\.4.dylib  (No such 
file or directory, errno = 2)
 >
 > While executing: OPEN-SHARED-LIBRARY
 > Type :POP to abort.
Type :? for other options.
1 > :pop
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However, probe-file can deal with quoted multi-dots:

(probe-file #P"/sw/lib/libgtk-x11-2\\.0\\.0\\.200\\.4.dylib")
#P"/sw/lib/libgtk-x11-2\\.0\\.0\\.200\\.4.dylib"

AND open-shared-library can handle the unquoted multi-dot version:

? (open-shared-library "/sw/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.0.200.4.dylib")
#<SHLIB /sw/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.0.200.4.dylib #x5396426>

AND pathname-type can deal with multiple dots!:

? (pathname-type "/sw/bin/libgtk-x11-2.0.0.dylib")

What is the correct way for me to deal with such pathnames? Actually, I 
dont really understand why directory gets all nervous about multi-dots 
in the first place, it seems that other openmcl funcions either dont 
need them or can handlle them.

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Rick Taube
Associate Professor, Composition/Theory
School of Music
University of Illinois
Urbana, IL 61821 USA
net: taube at uiuc.edu
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