FYI: String to alias coercion behaviour
FYI: String to alias coercion behaviour
- Subject: FYI: String to alias coercion behaviour
- From: Steven Angier <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 06 May 2003 20:32:01 +1000
For your reference.
Mac OS 9 string to alias coercion behaviour (Mac OS 9.2.2 / AppleScript
1.8.3):
- is entirely case insensitive
- does not resolve file paths where a trailing colon has been added (returns
error number -43)
- does not resolve folder paths where the trailing colon has been omitted
(returns error -120)
- treats additional trailing colons on folder paths as a relative path
segment (e.g. "Macinotosh HD:System Folder::" becomes "Macintosh HD:")
Mac OS X string to alias coercion behaviour (Mac OS X 10.2.5 / AppleScript
1.9.1):
- disk names are case sensitive
- resolves paths regardless of whether they a trailing colon or not
- multiple trailing colons are disregarded
Steven Angier
Macscript.com
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