GNU bug report logs - #60146
file-exists-in-trash-p needs better name or semantics

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Reported by: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2022 05:18:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #17 received at 60146 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: larsi <at> gnus.org, eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu, 60146 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#60146: file-exists-in-trash-p needs better name or semantics
Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2022 19:45:02 +0200

> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
> Cc: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>,  Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>,
>   60146 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2022 10:51:38 -0500
> 
> Let me throw that hat into the ring: IIUC this is a variant of
> `file-exists-p` (currently) used only when dealing the trash, so I'd
> call it `trash--file-exists-p`.

Well, the function is defined in files.el, so starting the name with
"trash" would be frowned upon...
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