From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Thierry Volpiatto Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: directory-files called with empty string Date: Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:35:11 +0100 Organization: ThierryVolpiatto Message-ID: <87iqcghwz4.fsf@tux.homenetwork> References: <87hbs1jh85.fsf@tux.homenetwork> <87pr6oiqg3.fsf@tux.homenetwork> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1260400754 9491 80.91.229.12 (9 Dec 2009 23:19:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2009 23:19:14 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Andreas Schwab , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Dec 10 00:19:07 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1NIVoD-0003k8-Ns for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:19:02 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:53241 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NIVoD-00027v-7C for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:19:01 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NIQX5-0002Rb-W0 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:41:00 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NIQX1-0002Jv-3C for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:40:59 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=53543 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NIQX0-0002Jc-SM for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:40:54 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-ew0-f209.google.com ([209.85.219.209]:60762) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NIQX0-0005a8-Ay for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:40:54 -0500 Original-Received: by ewy1 with SMTP id 1so430427ewy.8 for ; Wed, 09 Dec 2009 09:40:53 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:from:to:cc:subject :organization:references:face:date:in-reply-to:message-id:user-agent :mime-version:content-type; bh=D80LkKhbFGC/vzBWP4UofpAT0nj5BEg5V8khijVKX4c=; b=An2H7f1tUlb2ib1TQaYbQdlj+NFkM2l92K6pEqgBJ70yyFM2SASn9okqZWL3PhjV88 UzpruBgxCYm5xuT4SVITanbwLZe8fN6N0jrV7gheiYafUzwoKwiwSfHhjPp5Zb82H8JI yeA1/dyPmqyFiWDts5cypIZKEMnZFbAOkZEq0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:to:cc:subject:organization:references:face:date:in-reply-to :message-id:user-agent:mime-version:content-type; b=fL2vN34A6YWUqmuZK3vxHaXdtYnTKE6FDcQHSq6Brkv4N28lYo0ubEJihGPwXgm8Vw HTlmSlayS+FECgK7SGfq10Vd2YzEmaMIHYUjgtW4M06SyrjPQk0Twdfcxto2q7J3RXtp NrLO51mymVEoKrlbXaNpiAVDV8QzONesomeBw= Original-Received: by 10.213.2.84 with SMTP id 20mr10397513ebi.46.1260380452876; Wed, 09 Dec 2009 09:40:52 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from tux.homenetwork (180.77.197-77.rev.gaoland.net [77.197.77.180]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 15sm33288ewy.12.2009.12.09.09.40.49 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 09 Dec 2009 09:40:50 -0800 (PST) Face: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAADAAAAAwBAMAAAClLOS0AAAAElBMVEUHBARgJRFPS0WbMBTC TSG/uJs0yyVHAAAACXBIWXMAAAsSAAALEgHS3X78AAAACXZwQWcAAAAwAAAAMADO7oxXAAABpUlE QVQ4y3VTQXKDMAyUnD7AwvQOhtxj5N4LFh9ow/+/UtlpM0BczWSS0Wola7UBeEb3+3kJ/5p9ZLz3 UI0n0J0Y4K/lh1nG24FhlJOR2LdSKtpV5gfi/Zd+NdaJBbB4D5N0JnfUIVp6obZURkJwS2a8b9uX AkgxA5gCEcknAH1s2z0DPooWmjGKcJR+HNZt+9bm0GtGRycRuZGs98Ffr02vABWGopIAhmXmxnQN BwBXZjgFLHRoqbfeYxCLWqsjLyKhbEHW+A5nEs699Q2O80ALrgHTmUTy6P0MnKyKQpKHpoNWokxs F0D5VegvWmEozyE6nuMiS98mWzlUQ9bW8qYfqOaFtzWlYCqGeIs6HEyl08jkrxUG9MF5ipXpOOpd ZMoXPPVSLWJiiwNNB+eRSyxJZmQKcacikgucnCRiHuJOLmyYJRDPwOqAvY4pA+Wy+VS8G26BAsdb Ph2Hw7ORy/H0IOG0TnaM8Cp0XrFYyU0v2z8AqkifPVbLZ0qo/gsRg60C7p+8Ov9jrUIxFde+jnAq X42hyp/c+ZcnVyUYBarrqZt3+R8450png3cWKgAAACV0RVh0ZGF0ZTpjcmVhdGUAMjAwOC0wNS0z MVQyMjoxNDoyMiswMjowMK3VBDcAAAAldEVYdGRhdGU6bW9kaWZ5ADIwMDctMTAtMjhUMTc6MDg6 NDgrMDE6MDDLdIcLAAAAEXRFWHRqcGVnOmNvbG9yc3BhY2UAMix1VZ8AAAAgdEVYdGpwZWc6c2Ft cGxpbmctZmFjdG9yADJ4MiwxeDEsMXgxSfqmtAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg== In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Wed, 09 Dec 2009 09:27:03 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110011 (No Gnus v0.11) Emacs/23.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:18:57 -0500 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:118500 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier writes: >>>>> is it the normal behavior of directory-files to use default-directory >>>>> when it is called with empty string or is it a bug? >>>> That is the normal behviour of every file related function. It is >>>> basically what expand-file-name defines. >>> Indeed, although I don't think it's documented, and code had probably >>> better not rely on it. >> Ok i see, thank you Stefan and Andreas, maybe that should be documented, for >> all file related functions. > > I prefer to keep features which are accidental undocumented, unless we > really consider them as good features (even if we bumped into them by > accident), in which case they can be documented and their use can > be blessed. Yes i understand, but it is not a good feature IMHO. These kind of functions should return an error with empty string, as empty string is not a valid path. But maybe this "feature" is used somewhere? -- A + Thierry Volpiatto Location: Saint-Cyr-Sur-Mer - France