[plt-scheme] v299 and pattern matching filenames

Can I ask what paths cannot be converted to strings?

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On Tue, 9 Nov 2004 10:57:13 -0600, Robby Findler <robby at cs.uchicago.edu> wrote:
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> You should use path->bytes and byte regexps, in this case. Use
> path->string to display the strings to the user, but otherwise try to
> avoid it (because not all paths can be turned into strings anymore).
> 
> path->bytes and bytes->path, on the other hand (modulo some windows
> issues that may even be worked out by now) don't lose any information.
> 
> Robby
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> At Tue, 9 Nov 2004 08:53:43 -0800 (PST), Ron Stanonik wrote:
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> > I'm porting an application from v208 to v299.  In v208 paths were strings
> > and I used regexp-match to identify files (eg, .jpg or logNNNNN).  In v299
> > paths are not strings, but a new type.  A solution is to path->string, then
> > regexp-match.
> >
> > Is path->string the solution or is there some path matching, which I should
> > be using.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Ron
> > stanonik at cogsci.ucsd.edu
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