Re: Proposal: ls-lisp.el handle --group-directories-first flag

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Arthur Miller <arthur.miller@live.com>
> Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2021 15:20:58 +0200
> 
> > Doesn't it work to let-bind ls-lisp-dirs-first?
> 
> I don't know about that one. ls-lisp--insert-directory effectively
> ensures that switches are passed further the line as a string of
> chars. The flag is lost in the first step and can't be passed further
> on.

Which flag is lost and why?

> Anyway, see if this is acceptable. It adds one extra variable, so it's still
> pretty cheap.

I'm still missing something, because I don't see how this is different
from just let-binding ls-lisp-dirs-first.