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From: Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
To: Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
Cc: 3911@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com
Subject: bug#3911: get-free-disk-space when default-directory doesn't exist
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 07:43:32 +1000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87zl9vxywr.fsf@blah.blah> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 87my5yexy4.fsf@stupidchicken.com

Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com> writes:
>
> But that applies to DIR, not default-directory.

Oops, I confused myself thinking the given dir could be used there.

> Principle of least surprise.  If we don't have to change the default
> directory, let's not,

Err, well, I think the unhappy surprise may be if an operation about one
directory depends on what's happening in another directory ...





  reply	other threads:[~2009-08-19 21:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <871vnclhoz.fsf@cyd.mit.edu>
2009-07-23 22:19 ` bug#3911: 23.1.50; get-free-disk-space relative to non-existent default-directory Kevin Ryde
2009-08-16  0:40   ` bug#3911: marked as done (23.1.50; get-free-disk-space relative to non-existent default-directory) Emacs bug Tracking System
2009-10-02  0:35   ` bug#3911: marked as done (get-free-disk-space race condition on default-directory test) Emacs bug Tracking System
2009-08-18  0:23 ` bug#3911: get-free-disk-space when default-directory doesn't exist Kevin Ryde
2009-08-18  1:02   ` Chong Yidong
2009-08-19 21:43     ` Kevin Ryde [this message]
2009-08-19 22:03     ` Kevin Ryde
2009-08-22  3:57       ` Stefan Monnier
2009-08-24 23:45         ` Kevin Ryde
2009-08-25 18:29           ` Stefan Monnier
2009-08-29  1:32             ` Kevin Ryde
2009-08-29  3:37               ` Stefan Monnier
2009-09-01  1:37                 ` Kevin Ryde
2009-09-01  6:05                   ` Stefan Monnier
2009-09-07  0:28                     ` Kevin Ryde
     [not found] <87d4cjzf89.fsf@cyd.mit.edu>
2009-03-10 22:24 ` bug#2631: " Kevin Ryde
2009-03-11  2:10   ` Stefan Monnier
2009-03-11  4:23     ` Eli Zaretskii
2009-03-11 21:00     ` Kevin Ryde
2009-03-15  2:40   ` bug#2631: marked as done (get-free-disk-space when default-directory doesn't exist) Emacs bug Tracking System
2009-08-16  0:40   ` bug#2631: marked as done (get-free-disk-space when home dir also " Emacs bug Tracking System
2009-03-17  0:02 ` bug#2631: get-free-disk-space when default-directory doesn't exist Kevin Ryde
2009-03-17  4:05   ` Eli Zaretskii
2009-03-27 23:32     ` Kevin Ryde
2009-03-27 23:17   ` Kevin Ryde
2009-03-27 23:25     ` Processed: " Emacs bug Tracking System

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