From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>, Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: larsi@gnus.org, 18318@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#18318: 24.4.50; doc of `file-readable-p'
Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2016 09:32:01 -0800 (GMT-08:00) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <17f4e0f8-ca5a-40b6-bcaa-be508ffe4cd2@default> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <<83pot7njxr.fsf@gnu.org>>
> > It is (I think) far more common for a file or directory name
> > (string) to be passed as an argument than it is for a FIFO,
> > device node, etc. to be passed. The directory case is common,
> > and the doc misleads.
>
> Why do you say it misleads? A directory is just a kind of file (the
> manual explains that, if the user doesn't already know). So I see
> nothing misleading here.
Sure, a directory is also a file. But it is a special kind
of file. What is misleading is that a reader might well not
think that a directory name will return a non-nil value, and
so assume that s?he can do things with it such as insert its
contents in a buffer etc.
It's about being a bit clearer; that's all.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-04-30 17:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-08-22 21:14 bug#18318: 24.4.50; doc of `file-readable-p' Drew Adams
2016-04-30 13:39 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-04-30 16:07 ` Drew Adams
2016-04-30 16:24 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] ` <<1e419547-674b-4a83-aff5-8ed9437894ef@default>
[not found] ` <<83pot7njxr.fsf@gnu.org>
2016-04-30 17:32 ` Drew Adams [this message]
2016-04-30 18:23 ` Eli Zaretskii
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