From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: testing for a remote file to include file on a Windows mapped drive Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:39:50 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87bq781bf7.fsf@gmx.de> <000a01c8a314$5fff7630$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> <000d01c8a324$97820590$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> <000f01c8a334$b2a40660$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> <000101c8a37f$eeb543d0$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1209501630 19242 80.91.229.12 (29 Apr 2008 20:40:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 20:40:30 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, michael.albinus@gmx.de, drew.adams@oracle.com, jasonr@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Apr 29 22:41:03 2008 connect(): Connection refused Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Jqwd6-0005Vv-Uh for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 29 Apr 2008 22:40:49 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:54531 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JqwcP-0007H9-OT for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:40:05 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JqwcL-0007Gc-3N for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:40:01 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JqwcJ-0007G3-1t for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:39:59 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=37589 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JqwcI-0007G0-Ty for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:39:58 -0400 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.pppoe.ca ([206.248.154.182] helo=ironport2-out.teksavvy.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JqwcA-0007wI-UK; Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:39:51 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AoQCALskF0jO+JghdGdsb2JhbACBU497ASeabQ X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.25,724,1199682000"; d="scan'208";a="19606543" Original-Received: from smtp.pppoe.ca (HELO smtp.teksavvy.com) ([65.39.196.238]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP; 29 Apr 2008 16:39:50 -0400 Original-Received: from pastel.home ([206.248.152.33]) by smtp.teksavvy.com (Internet Mail Server v1.0) with ESMTP id JYQ57850; Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:39:50 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 17B3981E8; Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:39:50 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Tue, 29 Apr 2008 21:15:34 +0300") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:96168 Archived-At: >> I just have noticed several different concerns that tend to be >> conflated: >> - reliability and performance. >> - ability to access the file via syscalls. >> - whether relative file names can be used from one file name to another. >> - whether a file's contents is directly accessible via syscalls. > I think Drew had yet another concern, which is uncovered by the above. Which one? Stefan