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24.0.92; ! in dired on a file starting with a hyphen

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: michael_heerdegen <at> web.de, 10458 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA
Subject: bug#10458: 24.0.92; ! in dired on a file starting with a hyphen
Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2022 15:10:05 +0100

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

> It changes semantics.  The list of file names passed to a command
> doesn't necessarily mean "open each file and process it", it could
> mean something else, like "make a list of files".  So I don't think we
> should do that.

Commands like "echo" will behave differently, but I tried to imagine
other functions where this would make a difference, and I failed.  Do
you have any examples?

The old behaviour would misbehave for the vast majority of commands, so
I think it's an improvement.

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