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Re: document cygwin-convert-path-{from,to}-windows?


From: Stefan Monnier
Subject: Re: document cygwin-convert-path-{from,to}-windows?
Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2012 21:37:15 -0500
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux)

>>>> I do have a gripe wrt their names: GNU coding standards frown upon
>>>> using "path" for anything but PATH-style lists of directories.  But my
>>>> comments about that at the time evidently weren't enough to convince
>>>> the guilty parties.
>>> It's not too late to change the names. What would you suggest?
>> cygwin-convert-filename-to-windows, and similarly for the other one.
>> IOW, replace "path" with "filename".
> But the functions convert directory names too.

You clearly need to (re-)read the GNU coding standards.


        Stefan



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