Re: M-= in Dired

[Chong Yidong]

Juri Linkov <address@hidden> writes:

> There is a strange situation with `diff-latest-backup-file'.  Its
> comment says "actually belongs into files.el", but wouldn't it be
> appropriate for a function with the `diff-' prefix to be in files.el?

I don't think `diff-latest-backup-file' belongs in files.el, but it
ought to be autoloaded if dired-diff uses it.  I did that in trunk.

Frankly, I'm not sure `diff-latest-backup-file' needs to exist.  Its
only purpose is to run the `diff-latest-backup-file' file handler if
there's one, but nothing in the Emacs code tree actually implements that
handler.  So it seems to be a bit of useless cruft.