Directory bug on Windows

[Brian Rice]

On May 20, 2005, at 12:02 PM, Bryn Keller wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> Is this the best place to report bugs? I found one that occurs when  
> you try to use a windows-style directory path, with either forward  
> or backward slashes.

First answer: yes.

Second answer: it looks like a bug in the part that tries to figure  
out the drive. Honestly I haven't turned on my Windows XP machine in  
a few months (the damned systems software broke down again - I get so  
tired of dealing with that), so this has probably bit-rotten or never  
worked. If you feel up to it, check out src/lib/file.slate where the  
"File Locator" code is to see how it works, particularly String as:  
File Locator - it is not terribly well-factored but you might at  
least find it instructive.

I'll also take a look at it and probably wind up doing some extensive  
cleanups (turning it into, say, File Locator readFrom:  
PositionableReadStream), but it could take longer. Other (windows)  
users are welcome to try their skills at it and send in a patch (I'll  
accept anything that works and isn't too obscure).

> C:\lang\src\slate\slate-0.3.3>wdvm slate.image
> Slate: Growing heap to 6533672 bytes.
> Nil
> Slate 2> Directory newNamed: 'C:/bin' .
> Slate: Growing heap to 10727976 bytes.
> Slate: Growing heap to 14922280 bytes.
> Slate: Attempted to grow heap beyond limits
>
> C:\lang\src\slate\slate-0.3.3>wdvm slate.image
> Slate: Growing heap to 6533672 bytes.
> Nil
> Slate 2> Directory newNamed: 'C:\\bin' .
> Slate: Growing heap to 10727976 bytes.
> Slate: Growing heap to 14922280 bytes.
> Slate: Attempted to grow heap beyond limits
>
> C:\lang\src\slate\slate-0.3.3>wdvm slate.image
> Slate: Growing heap to 6533672 bytes.
> Nil
> Slate 2> Directory newNamed: '/c/bin' .
> ("Directory" traitsWindow: ("Directory" traitsWindow:  
> ("Cloneable" ...).
>        traits4: ("Cloneable" ...). traits3: ("Cloneable" ...).  
> traits2: ("Clone
> able" ...).
>        traits1: ("ExternalResource traits" ...). traits:  
> ("Cloneable" ...). pri
> ntName: 'Directory').
>    parentResource: Nil. handle: Nil. readStream: Nil. writeStream:  
> Nil. locator
> : ("AbsoluteLocator" traitsWindow: ("AbsoluteLocator" ...).
>        path: {"ExtensibleArray" ...}. name: Nil. fileType: Nil.  
> version: Nil. h
> ost: ''.
>        device: Nil))
> Slate 3>
>