From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Arun Isaac <arunisaac@systemreboot.net>
Cc: 40202@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#40202: directory-files-recursively docstring unclear about include-directories
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2020 05:25:03 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83blombfjk.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cu7mu86vkjc.fsf@systemreboot.net> (message from Arun Isaac on Tue, 24 Mar 2020 02:46:55 +0530)
> From: Arun Isaac <arunisaac@systemreboot.net>
> Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2020 02:46:55 +0530
>
> The docstring of directory-file-recursively in lisp/files.el is unclear
> about the include-directories optional argument. It currently reads
>
> "Optional argument INCLUDE-DIRECTORIES non-nil means also include
> in the output directories whose names match REGEXP."
>
> Perhaps this could be rewritten as
>
> "If optional argument INCLUDE-DIRECTORIES is non-nil, the returned list
> also includes directories whose names match REGEXP."
Could you please explain which part(s) of the proposed doc string make
the issue more clear for you? To me both variants sound equivalent.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-03-24 3:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-03-23 21:16 bug#40202: directory-files-recursively docstring unclear about include-directories Arun Isaac
2020-03-24 3:25 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2020-03-24 8:22 ` Arun Isaac
2020-03-24 21:23 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-03-25 17:20 ` Tomas Nordin
2020-03-25 19:38 ` Arun Isaac
2020-03-25 19:57 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-03-25 21:36 ` Arun Isaac
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