Re: Willing to debug bug #3542 (23.0.94; File access via UNC path slow again under Windows)

[Stefan Monnier]

>> > Already done by today's commits to the trunk.  The function is called
>> > is_slow_fs, and returns non-zero if its argument resides on a
>> > filesystem deemed slow.
>> > I'm not sure this is what you want for file-remote-p.  Perhaps you
>> > only want files on remote (a.k.a. networked) filesystems.  There's
>> 
>> I'm not sure I understand the difference.  Could you give an example of
>> a filesystem that's slow but not "remote (a.k.a. networked)"?

> The code in is_slow_fs considers only fixed disks and RAM disks not
> ``slow''.  Other types, which include CDs and removable media such as
> USB memory sticks, are considered ``slow''.

Hmm... removable media... I think it should still be considered as
non-remote, although accessing a USB stick after you removed it (but
without unmounting it) may hang just like accessing a dead NFS server.


        Stefan