On 1/8/16 11:43 AM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>, Yuri Khan <yuri.v.khan@gmail.com>,
>>         Emacs developers <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
>> From: David Caldwell <david@porkrind.org>
>> Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2016 11:19:26 -0800
>>
>> Why not instead of adding the new option, rearrange the logic so that it
>> only tries to parse the ":linenum" part if the file doesn't exist?
> 
> Because both 'filename' and 'filename:1234' could exist.

Ah. Very good point.

> Really, I don't understand why should we come with fancy syntax when a
> new option will unequivocally tell which case is it.

It just seemed nicer to have it be automatic if it was possible. An
option is fine.

-David