From: Philippe Vaucher <philippe.vaucher@gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>,
Emacs developers <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Namespaces - summary, conclusion
Date: Mon, 4 May 2020 18:36:46 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAGK7Mr6M4_zCX_05Egf+j=+xWzdp+H-9DAOtx-ntoJ6n0TPV+g@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83zhann3sw.fsf@gnu.org>
> > rename-file -> file-rename
> > delete-file -> file-delete
> > copy-file -> file-copy
> > expand-file-name -> file-expand-name
>
> These are different: in Emacs we have functions that work on _files_,
> and we have functions that work on _file names_. The first 3 above
> are of the former kind, the last one is of the second kind (there are
> a lot more of that kind). We shouldn't mix them.
What is commonly done in other languages for functions operating on
paths only is to be prefixed with "path-".
rename-file -> file-rename
delete-file -> file-delete
copy-file -> file-copy
expand-file-name -> path-expand
That does not solve the interesting point about the first 3 being
interactive functions. Maybe interactive warrant english-looking
conventions ("verb-object")? This complicate matters.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-05-04 16:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-05-04 9:27 Namespaces - summary, conclusion Philippe Vaucher
2020-05-04 10:11 ` Philippe Vaucher
2020-05-04 11:38 ` Stefan Kangas
2020-05-04 12:42 ` Philippe Vaucher
2020-05-04 13:13 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2020-05-04 13:24 ` Stefan Kangas
2020-05-04 13:35 ` Joost Kremers
2020-05-04 14:18 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2020-05-04 15:35 ` tomas
2020-05-04 16:32 ` Philippe Vaucher
2020-05-04 14:59 ` 조성빈
2020-05-04 16:28 ` Philippe Vaucher
2020-05-05 10:22 ` 조성빈
2020-05-04 15:00 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-04 16:36 ` Philippe Vaucher [this message]
2020-05-04 16:52 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2020-05-04 16:52 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2020-05-05 16:12 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2020-05-04 17:08 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-04 18:47 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-05-04 17:36 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-05-04 18:05 ` Philippe Vaucher
2020-05-04 18:25 ` Drew Adams
2020-05-04 14:43 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-04 16:25 ` Philippe Vaucher
2020-05-04 23:40 ` chad
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