std.path.getName(): Screwy by design?

[Kagamin]

Nick Sabalausky Wrote:

> "Kagamin" <spam at here.lot> wrote in message 
> news:iklanl$1qg$1 at digitalmars.com...
> > Nick Sabalausky Wrote:
> >
> >> Name one case in windows where some sort of distinction between filename 
> >> and
> >> extension actually makes a real tangible difference versus unix, that
> >> doesn't merely amount to convention
> >
> > You can pass program path to CreateProcess without extension, .exe is 
> > assumed.
> 
> I really don't think that indicates that Windows doesn't consider extension 
> part of the filename. It just expects the filename to have an extension for 
> certain file types. It's basically just a shortcut for:
> 
> if(tryingToRunAProgram && !hasExt(filename))
>     filenameRegex = filename~"\.(exe|com|bat)";

This indicates that windows is quite smart regarding extensions.