Re: what's the correct behavior of directory-namestring

I think it's not defined by the Common Lisp standard. Pathnames also have a
"device" component, this should be the drive letter in Windows, e.g. "R:"
in your case.

Jinsong Zhao <[email protected]> schrieb am Di., 29. Juli 2025, 23:56:

> Hi there,
>
> I am using SBCL on Windows. I also have SBCL install on Debian Linux and
> FreeBSD.
>
> I have to deal with some pathnames, for example:
> #P"R:/Temp/abc/"
>
> When passing the pathname to directory-namestring in SBCL 2.5.7 on
> Windows, I got:
>
> * (directory-namestring #P"R:/Temp/abc/")
> "/Temp/abc/"
>
> SBCL 2.2.9 on Debian and 2.5.6 on FreeBSD, booth give:
>
> * (directory-namestring #P"R:/Temp/abc/")
> "R:/Temp/abc/"
>
> Which is the correct behavior?
>
> Best,
> Jinsong
>
>
>
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