Re: [Emacs-diffs] master 4d3a595: `load-path' should contain only directory names

[Stefan Monnier]

> Which is what we did.  One is "directory name", the other "directory
> file name".

But "directory name" is a term which already has another
meaning elsewhere.  I'm fine with "directory file name" for the
"non-slashed version" but for the slashed version we need something
*else* than either of those two.

This way, when we say "directory name" it will mean what everybody else
means by it.

>> Why put the burden on the poor end user who barely understands what
>> add-to-list does?
> The burden is not on the user, it's on us, the Emacs developers.
> Users are still free to do what they want with load-path.

So developers have to accept both slashed and non-slashed names in
load-path.  Glad we agree.

> I already answered that, more than once: consistency, which makes it
> easier to have a more accurate doc string.

I don't care if we put things in a consistent state (in the sense that
I don't oppose it).  But we still allow other people to do it
inconsistently, so we can't declare that load-path should only contain
"directory file names".

> We are now back to the beginning of this discussion, for the second
> time.  Can we please stop this, and agree to disagree?  Please?

I want the docstring of load-path to be changed not to say "directory
file names".


        Stefan