GNU bug report logs - #23902
25.1.50; Strange warning on string-collate-equalp's docstring

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Reported by: oscarfv <at> telefonica.net (Óscar Fuentes)

Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2016 22:07:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 25.1.50

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

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From: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Óscar Fuentes <oscarfv <at> telefonica.net>, 23902 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#23902: 25.1.50; Strange warning on string-collate-equalp's docstring
Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2016 05:06:49 +0200

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

> > I think that Glenn is saying that you can compare file names for other
> > purposes than knowing if they name the same file.
>
> Then it's not "equality", it's "equivalence".

Equivalence implies equality of equivalence classes.  These terms depend
on the viewpoint.  Does `file-equal-p' test whether the files named by
the strings are equal, or whether these strings name the same file and
are thus equivalent (Maybe it should be named
`file-names-equivalent-p')?

Michael.
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