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Re: [Emacs-diffs] master 4d3a595: `load-path' should contain only direct


From: Stefan Monnier
Subject: Re: [Emacs-diffs] master 4d3a595: `load-path' should contain only directory names
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2015 21:18:13 -0400
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux)

> That term was defined in the manual for many years to mean the version
> with the trailing slash.

I'd be interested to know what percentage of people on this list knew
that "directory name" in Emacs meant strictly "something with a trailing
slash".

> It's too late to change that, IMO.

I don't think it would break anything.  Quite the contrary, it would
"unbreak" the several places where we haven't been that picky.

So, I rather think "it's high time we change that".


        Stefan



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