From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: 21962@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#21962: 25.0.50; doc of `normal-top-level-add-subdirs-to-load-path'
Date: Sun, 01 May 2016 00:26:15 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87eg9m7myg.fsf@gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4c09cdd8-32cc-4d67-92fb-bfd20e404c80@default> (Drew Adams's message of "Thu, 19 Nov 2015 21:15:52 -0800 (PST)")
Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
> Looking at the code, it seems that this function does not add only
> subdirectories of the current `default-directory'. It seems to add all
> descendant directories of `default-directory'.
>
> A subdirectory is a child, not a grandchild etc. I believe that is the
> usual terminology. It is, in any case, the terminology that Emacs uses
> in, for example Dired. It is also why the doc uses language such as
> "with subdirectories handled recursively" to distinguish the practice of
> handling not only the subdirectories of a directory, but their
> subdirectories, and so on, recursively.
>
> So IIUC what the function does, IMO its description is incorrect. Or at
> best it is misleading, if you claim that "subdirectory" means any
> descendant directory. Please change the doc to make clear just what
> directories are added to `load-path'.
I've now done so.
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2015-11-20 5:15 bug#21962: 25.0.50; doc of `normal-top-level-add-subdirs-to-load-path' Drew Adams
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