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bug#52339: 26.3; Doc of functions that accept file-name args: say whethe
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#52339: 26.3; Doc of functions that accept file-name args: say whether absolute |
Date: |
Tue, 07 Dec 2021 15:01:26 +0200 |
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
> Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2021 22:26:46 +0000
>
> This report is about the doc strings and the doc in the Elisp manual for
> functions that accept file-name args.
>
> Please say, somewhere (preferably in each relevant node, since someone
> might not start reading in node `Information about Files'), about the
> file-name arg for a function documented in the node, whether the name
> must be absolute or relative (e.g. to `default-directory') or can be
> either. Similarly, for the doc strings of such functions.
>
> E.g. function `file-exists-p' itself expands its arg relative to
> `default-directory', if the arg isn't an absolute name. This isn't
> obvious.
It should be obvious, because anything else would be a terrible bug,
as should be clear if you consider the alternatives. Which is why
Emacs does that in _all_ APIs that accept file names.
Closing.