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From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: "63557-done@debbugs.gnu.org" <63557-done@debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: bug#63557: 26.3; Doc string of `find-file-run-dired'
Date: Thu, 18 May 2023 16:06:49 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <SJ0PR10MB54888580BA2B7BE08EA1D981F37F9@SJ0PR10MB5488.namprd10.prod.outlook.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83ilcpve09.fsf@gnu.org>

> > That you can't visit a directory is one thing.
> 
> The doc string says "allows", not "can".

That you're not allowed to visit a directory is
one thing.  That an error is raised is another.

> > That trying to do that raises an error is a
> > different thing.  Another possible behavior
> > that doesn't visit a directory is to do nothing.
> > A third is to show a message, without raising
> > an error.
> >
> > Not being able to do something is not the same
> > as having an error raised if you try to do it.
> 
> You are splitting hair for no good reason.

Tell that to the manual, which rightfully makes
clear that an error is raised.

Ask yourself if you're perhaps refusing a simple
doc fix for no good reason.





      reply	other threads:[~2023-05-18 16:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-05-17 19:43 bug#63557: 26.3; Doc string of `find-file-run-dired' Drew Adams
2023-05-18  5:23 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-05-18 15:35   ` Drew Adams
2023-05-18 15:46     ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-05-18 16:06       ` Drew Adams [this message]

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