Re: [Emacs-diffs] master e820f16: Added file-tree-walk to files.el.

[Eric S. Raymond]

David Engster <address@hidden>:
> Stefan Monnier writes:
> >> +before descending into it, and if nil is returned at that point
> >> +the descent will be prevented.  Directory entries are sorted with
> >> +string-lessp"
> >              ^^^
> > Don't forget to punctuate your docstrings.
> 
> And string-lessp should be quoted, but it doesn't matter since AFAICS
> that sentence isn't true anyway.

Huh?  They're from directory-files, which according to its documentation
sorts the names with string-lessp.
 
> Apart from that, I find this function confusing. Why not simply call
> ACTION with the full filename instead of splitting in into DIR and the
> filename sans the directory part (where the latter might actually be a
> subdirectory)?

Because that's how the well-tested code I found in the EmacsWiki 
cookbook section worked.
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