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

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Stefan Monnier <address@hidden>
> Cc: address@hidden,  address@hidden,  address@hidden
> Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2015 15:25:16 -0400
> 
> > Which is what we did.  One is "directory name", the other "directory
> > file name".
> 
> But "directory name" is a term which already has another
> meaning elsewhere.  I'm fine with "directory file name" for the
> "non-slashed version" but for the slashed version we need something
> *else* than either of those two.
> 
> This way, when we say "directory name" it will mean what everybody else
> means by it.

That term was defined in the manual for many years to mean the version
with the trailing slash.  It's too late to change that, IMO.

> >> Why put the burden on the poor end user who barely understands what
> >> add-to-list does?
> > The burden is not on the user, it's on us, the Emacs developers.
> > Users are still free to do what they want with load-path.
> 
> So developers have to accept both slashed and non-slashed names in
> load-path.  Glad we agree.

We never disagreed on this one.

> > I already answered that, more than once: consistency, which makes it
> > easier to have a more accurate doc string.
> 
> I don't care if we put things in a consistent state (in the sense that
> I don't oppose it).  But we still allow other people to do it
> inconsistently, so we can't declare that load-path should only contain
> "directory file names".

That recommendation aimed at the developers.

> > We are now back to the beginning of this discussion, for the second
> > time.  Can we please stop this, and agree to disagree?  Please?
> 
> I want the docstring of load-path to be changed not to say "directory
> file names".

And I want it to stay put.