Re: read-buffer-function exists, read-file-name-function doesn't

[Stefan Monnier]

> Since we allow lisp code to override the built-in read-buffer
> function by setting read-buffer-function, I was wondering why
> there is no equivalent read-file-name-function variable to
> override read-file-name.

Maybe because you can simply redefine read-file-name-internal ?
Admittedly, it's not quite the same (it only influences the
completion behavior), but it works 100% in the sense that this
function is never directly called from C.


        Stefan