From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Robert Pluim Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: file-exists-p on empty string Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2019 17:16:19 +0100 Message-ID: References: <87pnrde2rm.fsf@gmx.de> <83ef7tky8g.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="220966"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Feb 27 17:16:40 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1gz1ss-000vOb-UD for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 27 Feb 2019 17:16:39 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:46786 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gz1sr-0000Dc-Tk for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 27 Feb 2019 11:16:37 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:36565) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gz1sg-00009z-MF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 27 Feb 2019 11:16:27 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gz1se-0006Rt-05 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 27 Feb 2019 11:16:26 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-wr1-x432.google.com ([2a00:1450:4864:20::432]:36699) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gz1sd-0006MC-Hq; Wed, 27 Feb 2019 11:16:23 -0500 Original-Received: by mail-wr1-x432.google.com with SMTP id o17so18639846wrw.3; Wed, 27 Feb 2019 08:16:23 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id :mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=asp2ECdZDQASdiO5yIlXwmkWz4mf6OGWeAbA+Jk8E7w=; b=sxNL+4MFGno9byBqsMFMfD0PQ+5pxnMw6nUHG/XLnG4Bsh+CKDss1jeVCoHmm5VJI7 k0Ff9oQOTgNiNNFh1ByR+/8Pt4xXaG9Ty55mMd7enk/ZaZp0nd2vvK7M1BX9+x3cEPh9 vcNQCTY7rtsqdGyBoLczcIcjx8+zYWljEGZsixif6U37gNOT1EPmLGAdjaSB5bZ8niU4 1/jqLpUXUlPTB62a9KKA8UJoxhRU8DqcLUR7GGBR9r6yeblXWr25ChQO1KCEh0re2dWk 0oHXmw5ptXnZArhNkfLmNqyvfHcfNFc2sxuXZlxzq86/5bRyBMEEKnbc1LUzDqqYKnDh nYTw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to :message-id:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=asp2ECdZDQASdiO5yIlXwmkWz4mf6OGWeAbA+Jk8E7w=; b=I42j9Cw3LLQsWKgcFTAELjOltO2lfr1rWYyh36xR9N1dOdELT1KPPxXEwE5gNEP15Y GFDmRl4GkuiVqJFCxnjZ/7MB62vKXoEZHHZkY4qgWwjaUJcDWFm46vbty3uRo8f1Geby OrtAQA3PURQFG0iV0qCxDf7CjxO/2eZ6/Z8pgq1qnqP5MM2f/yzMN9glPcojfUq5ezBS e5LHzhlyIHfys+N6uu4YpCKujhHzTPt24ubgH/VH8ssEhHvVtFbyzRY5wFJQIBYOIDjW DFiDV4nyqSt7/zO0hBp7XAoY830bFT6VGyWwjlvhoubU0xeX9LNftUAxy8uNoDBsisXX NWpg== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAUqtkVfZOlwDnUaKxIOfv9CxAo+qks6pBC2CB+IgIUCkcqfrHa5 3RFrTDvZm/whsMh48Uwoy5J+Uofw X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqyTLz8MtYGMiOTlalMkZQT87IufOuEsYl1sMJ1ESM3KvjsrWDrX9qU0/XYCHgvSh7ve9UOeMA== X-Received: by 2002:adf:ce90:: with SMTP id r16mr3002545wrn.64.1551284181479; Wed, 27 Feb 2019 08:16:21 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from rpluim-mac ([149.5.228.1]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id a1sm21693476wrq.96.2019.02.27.08.16.20 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=AEAD-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256/256); Wed, 27 Feb 2019 08:16:20 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <83ef7tky8g.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Wed, 27 Feb 2019 18:11:27 +0200") X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 2a00:1450:4864:20::432 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:233658 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: >> From: Robert Pluim >> Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2019 16:43:29 +0100 >> Cc: Evgeny Zajcev , emacs-devel >>=20 >> That=CA=BCs not described in the doc-string though, so it=CA=BCs surpris= ing >> behaviour. > > It's a corner use case that comes up once in 10 years, so I'm not sure > we should care enough about it to describe it in the doc string. I was advocating for changing the behaviour, then we don=CA=BCt need to describe it (but hysterical raisins and backwards compatibility and all that.....) Robert