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Re: [Emacs-diffs] master 4d3a595: `load-path' should contain only direct
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David Kastrup |
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Re: [Emacs-diffs] master 4d3a595: `load-path' should contain only directory names |
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Wed, 28 Oct 2015 08:34:59 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:
>> The manual says "directory name" ends in a slash, and talks about
>> "file name of a directory" which doesn't.
>
> I don't think we generally use the term "directory name" in such
> a strict sense. At the very least, in all these years, I never noticed
> that this term had such a precise meaning and it's never bitten me.
It has had this very strict meaning, and also documented very strictly,
pretty much from the start. If I remember correctly, the distinction
was very important for dealing with VAX (VMS?) directory names since the
name of the directory "as a file" was different from its usage as a path
component.
I don't know how much the respective file system semantics can be
considered gone these days. Do we have native ports? Does it make a
difference for ange-ftp and/or Tramp?
Most people have probably ignored the difference with occasional
Eli-like "can you please keep this working on my not-so-common system as
well?" admonishments eventually dying with the platform falling out of
use.
But yes, historically there was precise meaning and necessity for the
distinction.
--
David Kastrup
- Re: [Emacs-diffs] master 4d3a595: `load-path' should contain only directory names, (continued)
- Re: [Emacs-diffs] master 4d3a595: `load-path' should contain only directory names, Stephen Leake, 2015/10/26
- Re: [Emacs-diffs] master 4d3a595: `load-path' should contain only directory names, Dmitry Gutov, 2015/10/26
- Re: [Emacs-diffs] master 4d3a595: `load-path' should contain only directory names, Stefan Monnier, 2015/10/27
- Re: [Emacs-diffs] master 4d3a595: `load-path' should contain only directory names, Eli Zaretskii, 2015/10/27
- Re: [Emacs-diffs] master 4d3a595: `load-path' should contain only directory names, Stefan Monnier, 2015/10/27
- Re: [Emacs-diffs] master 4d3a595: `load-path' should contain only directory names, Eli Zaretskii, 2015/10/27
- Re: [Emacs-diffs] master 4d3a595: `load-path' should contain only directory names, Stefan Monnier, 2015/10/27
- Re: [Emacs-diffs] master 4d3a595: `load-path' should contain only directory names,
David Kastrup <=
- Re: [Emacs-diffs] master 4d3a595: `load-path' should contain only directory names, Davis Herring, 2015/10/28
- Re: [Emacs-diffs] master 4d3a595: `load-path' should contain only directory names, Eli Zaretskii, 2015/10/28
- Re: [Emacs-diffs] master 4d3a595: `load-path' should contain only directory names, Stefan Monnier, 2015/10/28
- Re: [Emacs-diffs] master 4d3a595: `load-path' should contain only directory names, Eli Zaretskii, 2015/10/28
- Re: [Emacs-diffs] master 4d3a595: `load-path' should contain only directory names, Stefan Monnier, 2015/10/28
- Re: [Emacs-diffs] master 4d3a595: `load-path' should contain only directory names, Eli Zaretskii, 2015/10/28
- Re: [Emacs-diffs] master 4d3a595: `load-path' should contain only directory names, Stefan Monnier, 2015/10/28
- Re: [Emacs-diffs] master 4d3a595: `load-path' should contain only directory names, Eli Zaretskii, 2015/10/28
- Re: [Emacs-diffs] master 4d3a595: `load-path' should contain only directory names, Dmitry Gutov, 2015/10/28
- Re: [Emacs-diffs] master 4d3a595: `load-path' should contain only directory names, Eli Zaretskii, 2015/10/28