Re: file-newer-than-file-p [was: [COMMIT] Check absolute source file ...]
Ar an t-aonú lá is triochad de mí na Nollaig, scríobh Stephen J. Turnbull:
[...] which is precisely what (1) ... (4) give. Do you disagree, or
do
you just think the whole idea of trying to extend the relation to
non-existent files is bogus and the caller should check explicitly?
Yes, that. In an ideal world #'file-newer-than-file-p would throw a
file-error if either argument didn’t exist or the corresponding metadata
couldn’t be read. Doing this now would be introducing a needless
incompatibility though, it’s much more realistic to live with it.
[...] BTW, do you agree with me (at #### above) that we want to use
the
.el file, not the .elc?
Well, we have to use one or the other, and using the .elc has the advantage
that we can pass the path on to make-docfile without further processing.
make-docfile.c much prefers .elc files, since the docstrings are
automatically generated in a format it can read.
--
¿Dónde estará ahora mi sobrino Yoghurtu Nghé, que tuvo que huir
precipitadamente de la aldea por culpa de la escasez de rinocerontes?
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