Re: `make' written in elisp

[Stefan Monnier]

>> Well, at least a standard function for finding the path name of an
>> executable in PATH and/or in general a file in a set of locations
>> might be nice to have.

> We already have that, I think:

>     locate-file-internal is a built-in function in `C source code'.
>     (locate-file-internal FILENAME PATH &optional SUFFIXES PREDICATE)

I'd rather advertise locate-file.  There's also executable-find.


        Stefan