Re: find-library-name fails if file (with no extension) exists.

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Cc: address@hidden,  address@hidden
> From: David Kastrup <address@hidden>
> Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 10:53:46 +0100
> 
> That file names are strings is not Posix-centric.

Most other filesystems are case-insensitive.

> Avoiding complications in design is not just a question of
> accommodating "uneducated programmers".

Simple designs have their demerits as well.  Witness the "cat
/usr/bin/emacs" snafu on Unix, where you can have yourself logged off
or hanged due to the fact that text and binary data are not
indistinguishable by design.