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Re: reveal-filename
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Stefan Monnier |
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Re: reveal-filename |
Date: |
Mon, 20 May 2013 22:02:31 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) |
>> Could we find some other name for this function?
> You are welcome to suggest any name you like. The only semi-important
> consideration I had in mind was not to have too long a name, so as not
> to require reformatting of too many lines in Makefile.in files.
How 'bout `unmsys--filename'?
>> "Produce the real file name for FILE" isn't sufficiently descriptive
>> to decide when it's buggy and when it's not.
> That's unfair: the doc string does explain what this function does.
> You quoted only the first line of the doc string.
I didn't mean to criticize, sorry. I just mean that a function with
such a "clean" name should have a "clean" specification of what it
should do, at a higher level than describing its current behavior under
various OSes. I don't think coming up with such a description is easy,
but I suspect it's not needed either and a less clean name (such as the
one O suggested above) would work just fine.
Stefan
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