From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: 56673-done@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#56673: 26.3; Doc of `file-equal-p'
Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2022 08:59:35 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83o7xjngzc.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <SJ0PR10MB5488E4E9ED6E19E1BEE54421F38E9@SJ0PR10MB5488.namprd10.prod.outlook.com> (message from Drew Adams on Wed, 20 Jul 2022 20:41:45 +0000)
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
> Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2022 20:41:45 +0000
>
> 1. I don't understand this part of the doc (in both doc string and
> manual):
>
> If FILE1 or FILE2 does not exist, the return value is unspecified.
>
> What's that about?
It means the result could be anything: nil or non-nil, and you
shouldn't expect anything specific. IOW, don't call this function
unless both files exist.
> In what case(s) is the result unspecified because one or both file
> doesn't exist?
All of them. There was a long discussion of this in bug#10489, and
I'm not interested in reopening it.
> 2. How about adding this sentence from the manual to the doc string
> (also)?
>
> This is similar to comparing their truenames, except that remote file
> names are also handled in an appropriate manner.
The doc string already says that, albeit with different words.
Closing.
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2022-07-20 20:41 bug#56673: 26.3; Doc of `file-equal-p' Drew Adams
2022-07-21 5:59 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2022-07-21 16:12 ` Drew Adams
2022-07-21 16:30 ` Eli Zaretskii
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