From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#18318: 24.4.50; doc of `file-readable-p' Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2016 15:39:12 +0200 Message-ID: <87bn4rrzb3.fsf@gnus.org> References: <630013e6-ced6-4849-90a4-2766b73bdf2f@default> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1462023640 18579 80.91.229.3 (30 Apr 2016 13:40:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2016 13:40:40 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 18318@debbugs.gnu.org To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Apr 30 15:40:31 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1awV8I-0004bU-Ja for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 15:40:30 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:58456 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1awV8E-0007AP-Qb for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 09:40:26 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:35433) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1awV85-0006ul-C8 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 09:40:23 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1awV7t-0007LW-EF for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 09:40:11 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:44155) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1awV7t-0007Jw-At for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 09:40:05 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1awV7p-0007Sd-NC for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 09:40:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2016 13:40:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 18318 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 18318-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B18318.146202355728605 (code B ref 18318); Sat, 30 Apr 2016 13:40:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 18318) by debbugs.gnu.org; 30 Apr 2016 13:39:17 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56489 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1awV77-0007RI-2s for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 09:39:17 -0400 Original-Received: from hermes.netfonds.no ([80.91.224.195]:56673) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1awV75-0007RB-Cf for 18318@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 09:39:15 -0400 Original-Received: from cm-84.215.1.64.getinternet.no ([84.215.1.64] helo=mouse) by hermes.netfonds.no with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1awV72-0002k6-Sd; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 15:39:14 +0200 In-Reply-To: <630013e6-ced6-4849-90a4-2766b73bdf2f@default> (Drew Adams's message of "Fri, 22 Aug 2014 14:14:05 -0700 (PDT)") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:117326 Archived-At: Drew Adams writes: > The doc - both Elisp manual and doc string, should explicitly point out > that this returns non-nil for a directory, IOW, a non-nil value does not > mean that the file can be, say, inserted into a buffer. > > In addition, it would be better to change the parameter name to > FILE-OR-DIR (or even FILE-OR-DIR-NAME). It is all to easy to not > realize, when reading this, that this does not test for a non-directory > file that is readable. Well, the function isn't about files or directories, but filenames. It can be a fifo, a device node, etc. So I think the doc is fine as it is. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no