> > The issue was fixed more than a week ago, so I'm unsure what is the > purpose of this post. We are consistent. Sorry I didn't see anything regarding a patch or a commit to fix the issue in the thread. Sorry about that. On Mon, Dec 12, 2022 at 12:23 PM Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > From: Yilkal Argaw > > Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2022 03:41:17 +0000 > > Cc: Eli Zaretskii , emacs-devel@gnu.org > > > > While that's as may be in general, the docstring for > user-emacs-directory > > (in my Emacs 28.2) states "Note that this should end with a directory > > separator." specifically, which I take to be part of the variable > contract. > > Doesn't that imply that it is Emacs's responsibility to handle that > aspect > > if setting user-emacs-directory based on a file name that may not > satisfy > > that predicate? > > > > -RTT > > > > Correct. consistency and standardization on such matters is better for > overall user experience. > > The issue was fixed more than a week ago, so I'm unsure what is the > purpose of this post. We are consistent. >