Re: Bug?: (file-name-extension "some.html~") gives "html"

[Kevin Rodgers]

Lennart Borgman wrote:
> Luc Teirlinck wrote:
> > Yes, it is documented in the Elisp manual (but not in the docstring).
> > >From `(elisp)File Name Components':
> >
> >  -- Function: file-name-extension filename &optional period
> >      This function returns FILENAME's final "extension", if any, after
> >      applying `file-name-sans-versions' to remove any version/backup
> >      part.
>
> Then maybe a line saying something like
>
>    This function removes any version/backup parts in the file name first.
>
> could be added to the doc string?

If so, file-name-sans-extension should get the same treatment, for the
same reason.

BTW, why does file-name-extension accept an optional PERIOD argument
to include the extension delimiter in the result, but
file-name-sans-extension does not?

Symmetry baby,
--
Kevin