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bug#17073: 24.3.50; file-symlink-p doesn't return t as described in the
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Michael Heerdegen |
Subject: |
bug#17073: 24.3.50; file-symlink-p doesn't return t as described in the doc |
Date: |
Tue, 25 Mar 2014 20:21:44 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) |
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
> > If the leading directories of @var{filename} include symbolic links,
> > this function recursively follows them.
> >
> > Is this obvious?
>
> Hard to say. I think it's pretty obvious to those who are used to
> semantics of symlinks
I understand it now after thinking about it a bit. Yes, it's quite
obvious.
> > If not - doesn't it also belong in the docstring?
>
> Well, we don't normally say about each file-related function whether
> it does or doesn't follow symlinks. So why this one?
Ok, I agree. So I too think we are ready here.
Thanks,
Michael.
- bug#17073: 24.3.50; file-symlink-p doesn't return t as described in the doc, (continued)
- bug#17073: 24.3.50; file-symlink-p doesn't return t as described in the doc, Juanma Barranquero, 2014/03/24
- bug#17073: 24.3.50; file-symlink-p doesn't return t as described in the doc, Juanma Barranquero, 2014/03/24
- bug#17073: 24.3.50; file-symlink-p doesn't return t as described in the doc, Eli Zaretskii, 2014/03/24
- bug#17073: 24.3.50; file-symlink-p doesn't return t as described in the doc, Juanma Barranquero, 2014/03/24
- bug#17073: 24.3.50; file-symlink-p doesn't return t as described in the doc, Eli Zaretskii, 2014/03/25
- bug#17073: 24.3.50; file-symlink-p doesn't return t as described in the doc, Juanma Barranquero, 2014/03/25
- bug#17073: 24.3.50; file-symlink-p doesn't return t as described in the doc, Eli Zaretskii, 2014/03/25
- bug#17073: 24.3.50; file-symlink-p doesn't return t as described in the doc, Juanma Barranquero, 2014/03/25
- bug#17073: 24.3.50; file-symlink-p doesn't return t as described in the doc, Michael Heerdegen, 2014/03/25
- bug#17073: 24.3.50; file-symlink-p doesn't return t as described in the doc, Eli Zaretskii, 2014/03/25
- bug#17073: 24.3.50; file-symlink-p doesn't return t as described in the doc,
Michael Heerdegen <=
- bug#17073: 24.3.50; file-symlink-p doesn't return t as described in the doc, Stefan Monnier, 2014/03/25
- bug#17073: 24.3.50; file-symlink-p doesn't return t as described in the doc, Eli Zaretskii, 2014/03/25