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From: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2@gmail.com>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>, help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: `batch-byte-compile' for directories?
Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2015 12:02:10 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAArVCkQR5tWp7paTmxsx22BJUZaAWE7ub-7pLvwR0p7sBzCsUg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwvh9q37cns.fsf-monnier+gnu.emacs.help@gnu.org>

Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> schrieb am Fr., 19. Juni 2015 um
20:55 Uhr:

> > What I find weird is the condition that the destination file has to
> > exist for the compilation to be performed.
>
> Yes, that's a leftover from eons ago when this was used as a way to
> control which files to keep uncompiled.
>
>
OK, so what should be do?
- Change the behavior to match the behavior for single files?
- Remove the possibility to run on directories altogether?
- Document the current behavior?


  reply	other threads:[~2015-06-21 12:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <mailman.5310.1434737951.904.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2015-06-19 18:54 ` `batch-byte-compile' for directories? Stefan Monnier
2015-06-21 12:02   ` Philipp Stephani [this message]
     [not found]   ` <mailman.5355.1434888145.904.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2015-06-21 17:31     ` Stefan Monnier
2015-06-21 19:27       ` Philipp Stephani
2015-06-19 18:19 Philipp Stephani

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