From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#18318: 24.4.50; doc of `file-readable-p' Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2016 21:23:30 +0300 Message-ID: <83h9ejnefx.fsf@gnu.org> References: <<630013e6-ced6-4849-90a4-2766b73bdf2f@default> <87bn4rrzb3.fsf@gnus.org>> <<1e419547-674b-4a83-aff5-8ed9437894ef@default>> <<83pot7njxr.fsf@gnu.org>> <17f4e0f8-ca5a-40b6-bcaa-be508ffe4cd2@default> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1462040686 7316 80.91.229.3 (30 Apr 2016 18:24:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2016 18:24:46 +0000 (UTC) Cc: larsi@gnus.org, 18318@debbugs.gnu.org To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Apr 30 20:24:35 2016 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 1awZZC-0000qQ-Jc for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 20:24:34 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:59242 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1awZZ8-0007OX-Oj for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 14:24:30 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:40937) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1awZYu-00079E-TU for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 14:24:23 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1awZYj-0002sm-D2 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 14:24:11 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:45992) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1awZYj-0002re-A1 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 14:24:05 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1awZYf-00088u-TE for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 14:24:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2016 18:24:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 18318 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: wontfix Original-Received: via spool by 18318-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B18318.146204064031293 (code B ref 18318); Sat, 30 Apr 2016 18:24:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 18318) by debbugs.gnu.org; 30 Apr 2016 18:24:00 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:58329 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1awZYb-00088c-Ap for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 14:24:00 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:49860) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1awZYX-00088L-3e for 18318@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 14:23:56 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1awZYI-0002kF-Mm for 18318@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 14:23:44 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:34211) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1awZYI-0002jS-Jh; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 14:23:38 -0400 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:1955 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1awZYC-0006TT-Fo; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 14:23:32 -0400 In-reply-to: <17f4e0f8-ca5a-40b6-bcaa-be508ffe4cd2@default> (message from Drew Adams on Sat, 30 Apr 2016 09:32:01 -0800 (GMT-08:00)) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 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" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:117411 Archived-At: > Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2016 09:32:01 -0800 (GMT-08:00) > From: Drew Adams > Cc: larsi@gnus.org, 18318@debbugs.gnu.org > > 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. And she can, indeed, at least on some systems.