From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 18009@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#18009: 24.4.50; Add hooks for `rename-file' and `delete-file'
Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2022 14:07:52 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87k0dpu1nb.fsf@gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwv38dy13lh.fsf-monnier+emacsbugs@gnu.org> (Stefan Monnier's message of "Fri, 18 Jul 2014 22:34:21 -0400")
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:
>> Please add a hook for each of these basic operations. It is not unusual
>> to want to be able to carry out some action associated with
>> (successfully) renaming or deleting a file. The hooks would be run at
>> the end of the operation, and only upon success.
>
> It's not unreasonable, but these are rather low-level operations, I'm
> not sure I want to run hooks from them.
(I'm going through old bug reports that unfortunately weren't resolved
at the time.)
I think the conclusion here is that we don't want to add any hooks to
these functions, and the user can use file name handlers and/or advice
to alter the behaviour if they want to.
So I'm closing this bug report.
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-02-20 13:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-07-12 22:31 bug#18009: 24.4.50; Add hooks for `rename-file' and `delete-file' Drew Adams
2014-07-12 22:39 ` Drew Adams
2014-07-13 1:35 ` Glenn Morris
2014-07-13 2:32 ` Drew Adams
2014-07-13 8:13 ` Andreas Schwab
2014-07-13 9:21 ` Michael Albinus
2014-07-13 9:26 ` Andreas Schwab
2014-07-13 9:32 ` Michael Albinus
2014-07-13 9:38 ` Andreas Schwab
2014-07-13 9:46 ` Michael Albinus
2014-07-13 10:55 ` Andreas Schwab
2014-07-19 2:34 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-07-19 16:15 ` Drew Adams
2022-02-20 13:07 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen [this message]
2022-02-20 21:08 ` bug#18009: [External] : " Drew Adams
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