From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: 18201@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#18201: 24.4.50; doc string of `file-accessible-directory-p'
Date: Sat, 29 May 2021 06:02:42 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87zgwetcf1.fsf@gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87bn4sknf6.fsf@gnus.org> (Lars Ingebrigtsen's message of "Sat, 30 Apr 2016 01:25:33 +0200")
Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:
>> 3. The biggest problem with this doc string is that it refers to
>> something called a "directory name spec", without either (1) saying
>> what that is or (2) telling you where to find this information. You
>> CANNOT understand this doc string without knowing what "directory
>> name spec" means.
>
> Hm... I don't know what the doc string means here. And looking at the
> code, I still don't understand. Anybody?
The manual had a better explanation, so I copied that over in Emacs 28.
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2014-08-05 19:13 bug#18201: 24.4.50; doc string of `file-accessible-directory-p' Drew Adams
2016-04-29 23:25 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-05-29 4:02 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen [this message]
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