Re: Managing environments (Python venv, guix environment, etc.)

[Stefan Monnier]

>>> Maybe default handler implementation could bind the handlers alist to nil
>>> and call file-truename again.
>> And actually that's exactly how file-name-handlers are expected to
>> behave in general.
> Not really. They bind inhibit-file-name-handlers and
> inhibit-file-name-operation.

Yes, they do it in a more parsimonious way, but the result is the same:
if they don't have a special implementation of file-truename, they
should call back file-truename in such a way that the file-name-handler
won't be re-triggered.


        Stefan