From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#18318: 24.4.50; doc of `file-readable-p' Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2014 14:14:05 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <630013e6-ced6-4849-90a4-2766b73bdf2f@default> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1408742138 12981 80.91.229.3 (22 Aug 2014 21:15:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2014 21:15:38 +0000 (UTC) To: 18318@debbugs.gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Aug 22 23:15:31 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XKwBF-0000eM-9O for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 22 Aug 2014 23:15:29 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:39253 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XKwBE-0004Am-D0 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 22 Aug 2014 17:15:28 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:35167) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XKwAz-00049k-SZ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Aug 2014 17:15:24 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XKwAp-0004wc-CS for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Aug 2014 17:15:13 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:42887) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XKwAp-0004vf-9y for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Aug 2014 17:15:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1XKwAo-0005Zb-TQ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Aug 2014 17:15:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Drew Adams Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2014 21:15:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: report 18318 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: X-Debbugs-Original-To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-Received: via spool by submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B.140874208421368 (code B ref -1); Fri, 22 Aug 2014 21:15:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 22 Aug 2014 21:14:44 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:49830 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1XKwAW-0005YZ-25 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 22 Aug 2014 17:14:44 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:33334) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1XKwAU-0005YL-Is for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 22 Aug 2014 17:14:43 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XKwAE-0004lg-TS for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 22 Aug 2014 17:14:37 -0400 Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::11]:42785) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XKwAE-0004lc-Qk for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 22 Aug 2014 17:14:26 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:34956) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XKwA5-00043X-Rm for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Aug 2014 17:14:26 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XKw9x-0004g2-0Y for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Aug 2014 17:14:17 -0400 Original-Received: from aserp1040.oracle.com ([141.146.126.69]:34445) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XKw9w-0004fs-Qt for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Aug 2014 17:14:08 -0400 Original-Received: from ucsinet21.oracle.com (ucsinet21.oracle.com [156.151.31.93]) by aserp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2) with ESMTP id s7MLE7BO008098 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Fri, 22 Aug 2014 21:14:08 GMT Original-Received: from aserz7022.oracle.com (aserz7022.oracle.com [141.146.126.231]) by ucsinet21.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id s7MLE6sN002908 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Fri, 22 Aug 2014 21:14:07 GMT Original-Received: from abhmp0013.oracle.com (abhmp0013.oracle.com [141.146.116.19]) by aserz7022.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id s7MLE6aU009950 for ; Fri, 22 Aug 2014 21:14:06 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.8.2 (807160) [OL 12.0.6691.5000 (x86)] X-Source-IP: ucsinet21.oracle.com [156.151.31.93] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4.x-2.6.x [generic] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:92615 Archived-At: The doc - both Elisp manual and doc string, should explicitly point out that this returns non-nil for a directory, IOW, a non-nil value does not mean that the file can be, say, inserted into a buffer. In addition, it would be better to change the parameter name to FILE-OR-DIR (or even FILE-OR-DIR-NAME). It is all to easy to not realize, when reading this, that this does not test for a non-directory file that is readable. In GNU Emacs 24.4.50.1 (i686-pc-mingw32) of 2014-06-28 on ODIEONE Bzr revision: 117431 rgm@gnu.org-20140628015517-eku6hj8mpgcvfnso Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 6.1.7601 Configured using: `configure --prefix=3D/c/Devel/emacs/snapshot/trunk --enable-checking=3Dyes,glyphs 'CFLAGS=3D-O0 -g3' LDFLAGS=3D-Lc:/Devel/emacs/lib 'CPPFLAGS=3D-DGC_MCHECK=3D1 -Ic:/Devel/emacs/include''