From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: "'Chong Yidong'" <cyd@gnu.org>
Cc: 12694@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#12694: 24.2.50; `file-cache-add-file(-list)' commands
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 22:47:26 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1F4DC9A9489C4EF49088BCDA11F2E033@us.oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <878va07npa.fsf@gnu.org>
> > 4. `file-cache-add-file': Why does the file need to exist for
> > interactive use?
>
> I believe that's somewhat inherent in the design of filecache.el. The
> package assumes that the cached file names have unique non-directory
> parts. If `file-cache-add-file' lets you enter a non-existent file
> name, and that inadvertently has the same non-directory part as an
> existing cache entry, the result would be to wipe out the cache entry
> for the existing file in favor of a non-existent entry, which would be
> annoying. That said, I don't personally use filecache.el;
> this is only from my reading of the code.
Thanks. But what about the call to `message' for non-interactive use? That's
pretty uncommon. What's the rationale for that here?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-11-17 6:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-10-20 22:44 bug#12694: 24.2.50; `file-cache-add-file(-list)' commands Drew Adams
2012-11-17 6:22 ` Chong Yidong
2012-11-17 6:47 ` Drew Adams [this message]
2012-11-17 6:51 ` Chong Yidong
2012-11-17 6:52 ` Drew Adams
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