From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Michael Heerdegen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#17073: 24.3.50; file-symlink-p doesn't return t as described in the doc Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 20:21:44 +0100 Message-ID: <878ury13uf.fsf@web.de> References: <877g7k1zij.fsf@web.de> <83vbv41ce8.fsf@gnu.org> <83r45r1r08.fsf@gnu.org> <83vbv2z2cb.fsf@gnu.org> <83pplayx3v.fsf@gnu.org> <87d2ha15vs.fsf@web.de> <83mwgeyudf.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1395775329 31170 80.91.229.3 (25 Mar 2014 19:22:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 19:22:09 +0000 (UTC) Cc: lekktu@gmail.com, 17073@debbugs.gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Mar 25 20:22:18 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 1WSWvR-0000f7-QW for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 25 Mar 2014 20:22:17 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:43803 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WSWvR-0008ST-16 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 25 Mar 2014 15:22:17 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:34130) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WSWvI-0008SF-Fp for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Mar 2014 15:22:14 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WSWvC-0007Hv-KG for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Mar 2014 15:22:08 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:48496) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WSWvC-0007Hr-Gg for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Mar 2014 15:22:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WSWvC-0003pB-30 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Mar 2014 15:22:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Michael Heerdegen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 19:22:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 17073 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 17073-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B17073.139577531714686 (code B ref 17073); Tue, 25 Mar 2014 19:22:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 17073) by debbugs.gnu.org; 25 Mar 2014 19:21:57 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:49678 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WSWv7-0003on-3d for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 25 Mar 2014 15:21:57 -0400 Original-Received: from mout.web.de ([212.227.17.11]:56408) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WSWv3-0003ob-QN for 17073@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 25 Mar 2014 15:21:54 -0400 Original-Received: from drachen.dragon ([90.186.68.213]) by smtp.web.de (mrweb002) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 0MZDki-1WnMcu1ICa-00Kw8A; Tue, 25 Mar 2014 20:21:52 +0100 In-Reply-To: <83mwgeyudf.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Tue, 25 Mar 2014 21:02:20 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-Provags-ID: V03:K0:wOEH8g8vn5+3MIXWQGiGmTbZhep2NxIWqXPq4K4pVrlrtmqSWft fnrQlBeh6BuqKIdo+CdwfPIVpuCT0b8MPVV/Ym26A0wjzKbYMKB3GDRdkjhkevh5KH4QxAA jSMTMAZuriJansNzPE22MGkrpakdORQpaNnf+gO3OiZTuh5zsK1h7tUsIk3lLv3D8YM37vi vo44eSvVfjrBwB0Oacwvw== 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:87376 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: > > If the leading directories of @var{filename} include symbolic links, > > this function recursively follows them. > > > > Is this obvious? > > Hard to say. I think it's pretty obvious to those who are used to > semantics of symlinks I understand it now after thinking about it a bit. Yes, it's quite obvious. > > If not - doesn't it also belong in the docstring? > > Well, we don't normally say about each file-related function whether > it does or doesn't follow symlinks. So why this one? Ok, I agree. So I too think we are ready here. Thanks, Michael.