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Re: convert-standard-filename
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
Re: convert-standard-filename |
Date: |
Mon, 08 Aug 2011 05:53:20 +0300 |
> Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2011 17:20:29 -0400
> From: Sam Steingold <address@hidden>
> Cc: Stefan Monnier <address@hidden>, address@hidden
>
> On Sun, Aug 7, 2011 at 4:35 PM, Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> wrote:
> >> From: Stefan Monnier <address@hidden>
> >> [file-name-equal] should only operate on names without performing
> >> any actual file/directory lookup.
> >
> > Why do you want to avoid hitting the disk?
>
> because hitting the disk is far more expensive.
So? Does someone want to call convert-standard-filename in a tight
loop or something?
> when one is prepared to bear the cost, one can do
> (file-name-equal (truename f1) (truename f2))
You assume that truename does all the canonicalization. Perhaps on
Unix it does, but not on other platforms. Again, the case of 8+3
aliases on Windows comes to mind.
- Re: convert-standard-filename, (continued)
- Re: convert-standard-filename, Lennart Borgman, 2011/08/08
- Re: convert-standard-filename, Eli Zaretskii, 2011/08/08
- Re: convert-standard-filename, Lennart Borgman, 2011/08/08
- Re: convert-standard-filename, Eli Zaretskii, 2011/08/08
- Re: convert-standard-filename, Lennart Borgman, 2011/08/08
- Re: convert-standard-filename, Eli Zaretskii, 2011/08/07
- Re: convert-standard-filename, Lennart Borgman, 2011/08/07
- Re: convert-standard-filename, Stefan Monnier, 2011/08/07
- Re: convert-standard-filename, Eli Zaretskii, 2011/08/07
- Re: convert-standard-filename, Sam Steingold, 2011/08/07
- Re: convert-standard-filename,
Eli Zaretskii <=
- Re: convert-standard-filename, Stefan Monnier, 2011/08/07
- Re: convert-standard-filename, Eli Zaretskii, 2011/08/08
- Re: convert-standard-filename, Stefan Monnier, 2011/08/08
- Re: convert-standard-filename, Eli Zaretskii, 2011/08/08
- Re: convert-standard-filename, Stefan Monnier, 2011/08/08
- Re: convert-standard-filename, Eli Zaretskii, 2011/08/09
- Re: convert-standard-filename, Stefan Monnier, 2011/08/09
- Re: convert-standard-filename, Stefan Monnier, 2011/08/09
- Re: convert-standard-filename, Michael Albinus, 2011/08/08
Re: [Emacs-diffs] /srv/bzr/emacs/trunk r105295: * lisp/progmodes/etags.el (etags-file-of-tag, etags-tags-table-files), Francesco Potortì, 2011/08/02