> From: Yilkal Argaw <yilkalargawworkneh@gmail.com>
> Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2022 03:41:17 +0000
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>, 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.