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Re: file-readable-p returns t for empty string
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Richard Stallman |
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Re: file-readable-p returns t for empty string |
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Thu, 28 Feb 2002 18:11:35 -0700 (MST) |
"Absolute file name" is a widely-used notion, and as such, is mostly
known to programmers, even if its exact definition is sometimes a bit
vague. An empty string is a strange file name to include in that
category, so programmers will probably not expect that.
Yes, exactly. The idea of defining "" as an absolute file name is
absurd, so there is no need to investigate whether it would "work".
We won't do this.
- Re: file-readable-p returns t for empty string, (continued)
- Re: file-readable-p returns t for empty string, Richard Stallman, 2002/02/27
- Re: file-readable-p returns t for empty string, David Kastrup, 2002/02/28
- Re: file-readable-p returns t for empty string, Eli Zaretskii, 2002/02/28
- Re: file-readable-p returns t for empty string, David Kastrup, 2002/02/28
- Re: file-readable-p returns t for empty string, Eli Zaretskii, 2002/02/28
- Re: file-readable-p returns t for empty string, David Kastrup, 2002/02/28
- Re: file-readable-p returns t for empty string, Eli Zaretskii, 2002/02/28
- Re: file-readable-p returns t for empty string,
Richard Stallman <=
- Re: file-readable-p returns t for empty string, David Kastrup, 2002/02/28
- Re: file-readable-p returns t for empty string, Eli Zaretskii, 2002/02/27
- Re: file-readable-p returns t for empty string, David Kastrup, 2002/02/27
- Re: file-readable-p returns t for empty string, Stefan Monnier, 2002/02/28
- Re: file-readable-p returns t for empty string, Kevin Rodgers, 2002/02/27
- Re: file-readable-p returns t for empty string, Andreas Schwab, 2002/02/27
Re: file-readable-p returns t for empty string, Andreas Schwab, 2002/02/26