From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jean Louis Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Emacs Modular Configuration: the preferable way. Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2021 15:29:38 +0300 Message-ID: References: <87pmwgdiyj.fsf@zoho.eu> <83y2b3tq07.fsf@gnu.org> <871r8vcrnm.fsf@posteo.net> <20210621141148.GA29347@tuxteam.de> <87zgvjcgh6.fsf@zoho.eu> <83o8bzum71.fsf@gnu.org> <83czseunqx.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="5354"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Mutt/2.0.7+183 (3d24855) (2021-05-28) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Tue Jun 22 14:32:20 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1lvfZk-0001Be-NM for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 22 Jun 2021 14:32:20 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:58244 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lvfZj-0004W8-P3 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 22 Jun 2021 08:32:19 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:33314) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lvfYp-0004Uk-UC for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Jun 2021 08:31:25 -0400 Original-Received: from stw1.rcdrun.com ([217.170.207.13]:47829) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lvfYm-0002nw-Bh; Tue, 22 Jun 2021 08:31:23 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost ([::ffff:197.157.0.61]) (AUTH: PLAIN admin, TLS: TLS1.3,256bits,ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) by stw1.rcdrun.com with ESMTPSA id 0000000000076061.0000000060D1D814.000070CE; Tue, 22 Jun 2021 05:31:16 -0700 Mail-Followup-To: Eli Zaretskii , help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <83czseunqx.fsf@gnu.org> Received-SPF: pass client-ip=217.170.207.13; envelope-from=bugs@gnu.support; helo=stw1.rcdrun.com X-Spam_score_int: -3 X-Spam_score: -0.4 X-Spam_bar: / X-Spam_report: (-0.4 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, RCVD_IN_SORBS_WEB=1.5, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:131191 Archived-At: * Eli Zaretskii [2021-06-22 14:46]: > > Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2021 00:09:40 +0300 > > From: Jean Louis > > Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org > > > > As an irrelevant side note, this one bothers me: > > > > (file-exists-p "") ⇒ t > > > > Is that supposed to be so? > > Yes, there are good practical reasons for this behavior. > > Repeat after me: "file names are not just strings"... I understand that "" is meant to represent ./