From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#6397: 24.0.50; `make-directory' return value Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 06:33:17 -0700 Message-ID: <148DE0D4282044199ACF3A1E4433FDED@us.oracle.com> References: <3F4EAEC98DA7485299F2D80D33002278@us.oracle.com> <87r5keuhrk.fsf@mail.jurta.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1276266007 24419 80.91.229.12 (11 Jun 2010 14:20:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:20:07 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 6397@debbugs.gnu.org To: "'Juri Linkov'" Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jun 11 16:20:04 2010 connect(): No such file or directory Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ON55X-0007s8-KV for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 11 Jun 2010 16:20:03 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:54671 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ON4lY-0000Hu-7d for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 11 Jun 2010 09:59:24 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=38434 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ON4lQ-0006NH-UO for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Jun 2010 09:59:18 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ON4kU-0006wj-FT for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Jun 2010 09:58:21 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:36871) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ON4kU-0006we-E5 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Jun 2010 09:58:18 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ON4Nx-0007S8-Tv; Fri, 11 Jun 2010 09:35:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: "Drew Adams" Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:35:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 6397 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 6397-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B6397.127626326128626 (code B ref 6397); Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:35:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 6397) by debbugs.gnu.org; 11 Jun 2010 13:34:21 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ON4NI-0007Rf-9f for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 11 Jun 2010 09:34:20 -0400 Original-Received: from rcsinet10.oracle.com ([148.87.113.121]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ON4NG-0007Ra-Fx for 6397@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 11 Jun 2010 09:34:19 -0400 Original-Received: from acsinet15.oracle.com (acsinet15.oracle.com [141.146.126.227]) by rcsinet10.oracle.com (Switch-3.4.2/Switch-3.4.1) with ESMTP id o5BDY9X9005665 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:34:11 GMT Original-Received: from acsmt355.oracle.com (acsmt355.oracle.com [141.146.40.155]) by acsinet15.oracle.com (Switch-3.4.2/Switch-3.4.1) with ESMTP id o5BDOGIw008858; Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:34:08 GMT Original-Received: from abhmt019.oracle.com by acsmt354.oracle.com with ESMTP id 317413781276263199; Fri, 11 Jun 2010 06:33:19 -0700 Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/141.144.224.37) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Fri, 11 Jun 2010 06:33:19 -0700 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: <87r5keuhrk.fsf@mail.jurta.org> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5931 Thread-Index: AcsJPribRWtmFrjtTqGrsGGaYZIbnAAKtPkg X-Auth-Type: Internal IP X-Source-IP: acsinet15.oracle.com [141.146.126.227] X-CT-RefId: str=0001.0A090206.4C123B53.01C7:SCFMA922111,ss=1,fgs=0 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 09:35:01 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:37698 Archived-At: > > The doc for `make-directory' doesn't mention its return > > value, and the code doesn't seem to do anything special > > about it. > > There is also a related bug#6363. > > > I think it should return non-nil (e.g. the directory name) if the > > creation succeeds and nil if it fails without error. And > > should be documented. Or if it always raises an error when it > > does not create a directory, that's OK too, but that should then > > be documented. > > What should it return when the creation of some parents succeeds, > and fails for the rest? Why do we let that happen? That seems like a bug. Is there some use case for that? If not, can we fix it, to make the creation all-or-nothing (e.g. delete any created unless all are)? If the aim of the function is to create directory /a/lot/of/parents/foo, then what sense does it make to create only some of the parents?