GNU bug report logs - #18201
24.4.50; doc string of `file-accessible-directory-p'

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2014 19:15:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: fixed

Found in version 24.4.50

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #11 received at 18201 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 18201 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#18201: 24.4.50; doc string of `file-accessible-directory-p'
Date: Sat, 29 May 2021 06:02:42 +0200

Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> writes:

>> 3. The biggest problem with this doc string is that it refers to
>>    something called a "directory name spec", without either (1) saying
>>    what that is or (2) telling you where to find this information.  You
>>    CANNOT understand this doc string without knowing what "directory
>>    name spec" means.
>
> Hm...  I don't know what the doc string means here.  And looking at the
> code, I still don't understand.  Anybody?

The manual had a better explanation, so I copied that over in Emacs 28.

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