From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Eli Zaretskii" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: convert-standard-filename's doc Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 11:02:45 +0200 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <2719-Fri28May2004110245+0300-eliz@gnu.org> References: <20040527152017.0849.JMBARRANQUERO@wke.es> <3099-Thu27May2004202140+0300-eliz@gnu.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1085761689 21622 80.91.224.253 (28 May 2004 16:28:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 16:28:09 +0000 (UTC) Cc: jmbarranquero@wke.es, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Fri May 28 18:27:48 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BTkCx-0002DN-00 for ; Fri, 28 May 2004 18:27:47 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BTkCx-0003i3-00 for ; Fri, 28 May 2004 18:27:47 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1BTjly-0002DC-39 for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Fri, 28 May 2004 11:59:54 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.34) id 1BTgte-0000sO-Ky for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 28 May 2004 08:55:39 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.34) id 1BTf6u-0007S2-Jp for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 28 May 2004 07:01:43 -0400 Original-Received: from [192.114.186.23] (helo=aragorn.inter.net.il) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1BTcpi-0001U4-AJ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 28 May 2004 04:35:18 -0400 Original-Received: from zaretski (pns03-206-171.inter.net.il [80.230.206.171]) by aragorn.inter.net.il (MOS 3.4.6-GR) with ESMTP id CYS56079; Fri, 28 May 2004 11:04:39 +0300 (IDT) Original-To: Stefan Monnier X-Mailer: emacs 21.3.50 (via feedmail 8 I) and Blat ver 1.8.9 In-reply-to: (message from Stefan Monnier on 27 May 2004 18:19:09 -0400) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:24084 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:24084 > From: Stefan Monnier > Date: 27 May 2004 18:19:09 -0400 > > So I think the "generic" text needs to be in, together with an explanation > of what this specific instance of convert-standard-filename does. I understand from this that you suggest to have in the doc string both the generic description and the specific one for the current platform. If that's what you suggest, I think it's a good idea. > Basically I think that multiple definitions of the same function is > a bad thing. Agreed (another case in point is the overloading of insert-directory by ls-lisp). But do we have a better alternative? Perhaps something similar to find-file-name-handler?