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Re: reveal-filename


From: Eli Zaretskii
Subject: Re: reveal-filename
Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 19:22:09 +0300

> From: "Stephen J. Turnbull" <address@hidden>
> Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 15:28:12 +0900
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden>, address@hidden
> 
> Stefan Monnier writes:
>  > >> How 'bout `unmsys--filename'?
>  > > Fine with me.
>  > 
>  > Could you make the change?
>  > 
>  > > The description that's already there is all there is to tell:
>  > >     "Produce the real file name for FILE.
> 
> How about "Produce a canonical ..." or "Produce a normalized ..."?

The problem is, it can be neither.  If the argument is just "foo", it
will be returned unchanged.

> "real" has too strong a connation of realpath() to me.

Well, that will be changed when the function is renamed.



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