Re: Namespaces - summary, conclusion

[Philippe Vaucher]

> > rename-file -> file-rename
> > delete-file -> file-delete
> > copy-file -> file-copy
> > expand-file-name -> file-expand-name
>
> These are different: in Emacs we have functions that work on _files_,
> and we have functions that work on _file names_.  The first 3 above
> are of the former kind, the last one is of the second kind (there are
> a lot more of that kind).  We shouldn't mix them.

What is commonly done in other languages for functions operating on
paths only is to be prefixed with "path-".

rename-file -> file-rename
delete-file -> file-delete
copy-file -> file-copy
expand-file-name -> path-expand

That does not solve the interesting point about the first 3 being
interactive functions. Maybe interactive warrant english-looking
conventions ("verb-object")? This complicate matters.