[Python-Dev] Mac questions

Thomas Heller theller at python.net
Tue Jan 4 11:00:15 CET 2005


I'm working on refactoring Python/import.c, currently the case_ok()
function.

I was wondering about these lines:
  /* new-fangled macintosh (macosx) */
  #elif defined(__MACH__) && defined(__APPLE__) && defined(HAVE_DIRENT_H)

Is this for Mac OSX? Does the Mac have a case insensitive file system
(my experiments on the SF compile farm say no)?

And finally: Is there any other way to find the true spelling of a file
except than a linear search with opendir()/readdir()/closedir() ?

Thomas



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