Re: File modes facilities.

[Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>]

>>> Below is a _much_better_ patch which allows ANY function to have its
>>> interactive specification overridden, and consequently you can make
>>> any function into a command.
>> 
>> Indeed, this is much better.
>> The only problem I still see with it is that it interacts poorly
>> with aliases.

> Given your examples, I'd say that it's a feature rather than a bug :-)

The example I care about is `chmod'.  The ones in my PS were meant as things
that should work any way, no matter what you do with aliases.

> But admittedly, I didn't think about aliases.  But there is a way to
> get the best of both approaches:

> Suppose A is an alias for C.

> Now, if A has overriding interactive spec, use that.
> Else if C has overriding interactive spec, use that.
> Else use original interactive spec for C (if any).

That's what I intended.  That's what's done with usage info in docstrings
(the (fn ARG1 ARG2) thingy at the end of some docstrings).


        Stefan