Re: Optional argument for `file-local-copy'

[Michael Albinus]

Alan Mackenzie <address@hidden> writes:

> Hi, Eli.

Hi Eli, Alan,

>> > >   REUSE-IF-ALREADY-EXISTS non-nil means return the name of an existing
>> > >   local copy of FILE, if FILE's file attributes didn't change since
>> >                                                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>> > >   the last copy operation.
>
>> > "haven't changed", here, since it's expressing a current state.  "didn't
>> > change" would be appropriate for referring to a past event.
>
>> It _is_ a past event, by the time this function is called.
>
> Yes, but it is that event's effect on the present which makes the
> "present perfect" the right tense.
>
> "haven't changed" is the correct tense here.  Really it is.

Thanks for improving the docstring! I'm not a native speaker, so it is
always helpful for me.

Best regards, Michael.