From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#58446: 28.2; file-attribute-device-number returns a cons cell instead of an integer Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2022 22:14:06 +0300 Message-ID: <83tu466ww1.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87lepmusw5.fsf@posteo.net> <87pmexcn1h.fsf@gnus.org> <87edvd5bun.fsf@gmx.de> <87wn92xql1.fsf@gmx.de> <87sfjqxm6k.fsf@gmx.de> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="7543"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: thievol@posteo.net, larsi@gnus.org, 58446@debbugs.gnu.org, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca To: Michael Albinus Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Fri Oct 14 21:15:35 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1ojQ9d-0001oe-KW for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 14 Oct 2022 21:15:33 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:33168 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ojQ9c-0008Tb-9S for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 14 Oct 2022 15:15:32 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:34764) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ojQ9A-0008Su-JM for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Oct 2022 15:15:05 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:39561) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ojQ9A-0005Bs-9O for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Oct 2022 15:15:04 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ojQ99-00052l-4G for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Oct 2022 15:15:03 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2022 19:15:03 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 58446 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 58446-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B58446.166577486919300 (code B ref 58446); Fri, 14 Oct 2022 19:15:03 +0000 Original-Received: (at 58446) by debbugs.gnu.org; 14 Oct 2022 19:14:29 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:38634 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ojQ8a-000518-BF for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 14 Oct 2022 15:14:29 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:49044) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ojQ8Y-00050t-6j for 58446@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 14 Oct 2022 15:14:27 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:56786) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ojQ8S-00056A-BN; Fri, 14 Oct 2022 15:14:20 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From:Date: mime-version; bh=++mKxEjlVhw1jwXEghws8eQh5B33BBT7IH1e1VmkZr4=; b=KDJx+Zp3jJzp KqCEX/Zpk7ks68m2cPeKHuPhPnd/nXIk1oiTniCIsaTQZAQ9SH9JGYZ+5Bmil6SCVSJPxSikOxx5l +bYd30sK1Q4nSV3BR7x303Z1eV6MvK7xeIEY5f6cdmTfQkPDltjRWi+XBNSUeX0tTevOZxD1Z4XvU tpkNCHaJpTsCHDDe5T1vu/xzktFTbAaLYoDCvf/7zp+ihGeKxnMRZueuEQ+wqC1PBUjDLhb0tKW62 DOBLfmApbrg9o62VUNMdHY4mjiMQgk3o4My1vsAWEiQDHP/dBo3TuuJrSNDE/AIt6tBevbWzv5fFq XLx9jaFLtW8S8PgEsO7dbA==; Original-Received: from [87.69.77.57] (port=4100 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ojQ8R-0000iX-PB; Fri, 14 Oct 2022 15:14:20 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87sfjqxm6k.fsf@gmx.de> (message from Michael Albinus on Fri, 14 Oct 2022 21:03:15 +0200) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list 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: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:245479 Archived-At: > Cc: Thierry Volpiatto , Lars Ingebrigtsen , > 58446@debbugs.gnu.org > From: Michael Albinus > Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2022 21:03:15 +0200 > > Stefan Monnier writes: > > Hi Stefan, > > >>> - The name `file-attribute-file-number` doesn't sound right > >>> because it doesn't return a number. > >> The name is a reminiscence of the existing variable buffer-file-number, > >> which serves exactly the same purpose. > > > > One error doesn't justify another. > > Maybe a better name would be "file identifier"? > > True, but I'd let decide the maintainers. It would be better, yes. I already changed "device number" to eithe just "device" or "device identifier", in the documentation you touched today, since talking about "device number" when it can be a cons of 2 numbers doesn't sound like a good idea.