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Re: init-dir unification


From: Juri Linkov
Subject: Re: init-dir unification
Date: Sat, 05 Nov 2005 14:29:52 +0200
User-agent: Gnus/5.110004 (No Gnus v0.4) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux)

>>> ! (defvar gamegrid-user-score-file-directory "games"
>>
>> It is misleading for users when such variable contains a name relative
>> to some other directory name instead of the absolute directory name.
>> I think a better way to do this is:
>>
>>     (defvar gamegrid-user-score-file-directory (init-directory "games")
>
> The idea is that the directory is not created until it is used.

Yes, that is why I removed the second argument `t' from the call to
your function `init-directory', so it will not create the directory
at the variable definition.  I think the directory should be created
immediately before the package starts writing the configuration file.

-- 
Juri Linkov
http://www.jurta.org/emacs/





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