bug#52339: closed (26.3; Doc of functions that accept file-name args: say whether absolute)

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Your message dated Tue, 07 Dec 2021 15:01:26 +0200
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and subject line Re: bug#52339: 26.3; Doc of functions that accept file-name 
args: say whether absolute
has caused the debbugs.gnu.org bug report #52339,
regarding 26.3; Doc of functions that accept file-name args: say whether 
absolute
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> 26.3; Doc of functions that accept file-name args: say whether absolute
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> Mon, 6 Dec 2021 22:26:46 +0000
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> This report is about the doc strings and the doc in the Elisp manual for
> functions that accept file-name args.
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> Please say, somewhere (preferably in each relevant node, since someone
> might not start reading in node `Information about Files'), about the
> file-name arg for a function documented in the node, whether the name
> must be absolute or relative (e.g. to `default-directory') or can be
> either.  Similarly, for the doc strings of such functions.
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> E.g. function `file-exists-p' itself expands its arg relative to
> `default-directory', if the arg isn't an absolute name.  This isn't
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> In GNU Emacs 26.3 (build 1, x86_64-w64-mingw32)
>  of 2019-08-29
> Repository revision: 96dd0196c28bc36779584e47fffcca433c9309cd
> Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 10.0.19042
> Configured using:
>  `configure --without-dbus --host=x86_64-w64-mingw32
>  --without-compress-install 'CFLAGS=-O2 -static -g3''
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> Tue, 07 Dec 2021 15:01:26 +0200
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> > From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
> > Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2021 22:26:46 +0000
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> > This report is about the doc strings and the doc in the Elisp manual for
> > functions that accept file-name args.
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> > Please say, somewhere (preferably in each relevant node, since someone
> > might not start reading in node `Information about Files'), about the
> > file-name arg for a function documented in the node, whether the name
> > must be absolute or relative (e.g. to `default-directory') or can be
> > either.  Similarly, for the doc strings of such functions.
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> > E.g. function `file-exists-p' itself expands its arg relative to
> > `default-directory', if the arg isn't an absolute name.  This isn't
> > obvious.
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> It should be obvious, because anything else would be a terrible bug,
> as should be clear if you consider the alternatives.  Which is why
> Emacs does that in _all_ APIs that accept file names.
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> Closing.
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