Re: read-directory-name, the unloved

[Andreas Schwab]

Antoine Levitt <address@hidden> writes:

> Read-directory-name is basically a wrapper on read-file-name, using
> file-directory-p as PREDICATE. So if anything else, read-directory-name
> is more restrictive than read-file-name. In any case, since MUSTMATCH
> is nil, there's no obligation to choose a real file/directory, so
> PREDICATE is only used for completion purposes.

dired accepts more than just a directory as argument, and I would be
annoyed if I would not be able complete a non-directory.

Andreas.

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