a problem with terminology Thomas Bushnell BSG (12 Jan 2010 04:24 UTC)
Re: a problem with terminology Derick Eddington (12 Jan 2010 05:46 UTC)
Re: a problem with terminology Thomas Bushnell BSG (12 Jan 2010 06:08 UTC)
Re: a problem with terminology Derick Eddington (12 Jan 2010 06:36 UTC)
Re: a problem with terminology Derick Eddington (12 Jan 2010 07:12 UTC)

Re: a problem with terminology Derick Eddington 12 Jan 2010 06:36 UTC

On Mon, 2010-01-11 at 22:08 -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote:
> In my opinion, the use of "search path" is unproblematic, provided it
> isn't nestled together with sense-1 paths.  I would just call those
> "filenames"

I think the more precise terms I mentioned should be used.

> and say straight out that this srfi establishes a syntax for
> filenames.

Okay, I'll incorporate such a statement.

> (In Unix--and let's be clear, this is really a Unix
> srfi--

It's a Unixoid and Windows SRFI, yes.

> directories *are* files

Regardless, they are semantically different and should be termed as
such, IMO.

Thanks for the feedback,

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: Derick
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