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30.0.50; [FR] `file-name-extension' and backup suffixes

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From: Ruijie Yu <ruijie <at> netyu.xyz>
To: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92 <at> posteo.net>
Cc: 60929 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#60929: 30.0.50; [FR] `file-name-extension' and backup suffixes
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2023 19:08:36 +0800

Ihor Radchenko <yantar92 <at> posteo.net> writes:

> Hi,
>
> Would it be possible to make `file-name-sans-extension' strip extension
> upon removing backup suffixes (optionally)?
>
> Currently, Emacs' handling of backup extensions is a bit inconsistent:
>
> auto-mode-alist recognizes
>
>  ("\\.~?[0-9]+\\.[0-9][-.0-9]*~?\\'" nil t)
>  ("\\.\\(?:orig\\|in\\|[bB][aA][kK]\\)\\'" nil t)
>
> as backup extension and thus opens files like foo.org.bak with Org mode.
>
> [...]
>
> It would be useful if functions like `file-name-extension',
> `file-name-sans-extension', and similar could optionally strip backup
> suffixes that contain ".".
> [...]

Note that since the backup extensions can be stripped recursively in
`auto-mode-alist' (that is, "test.c.bak.Bak.BAK.baK" is opened in c-mode
because of the recursive extension stripping), if this FR is to be
accepted, we would need to ensure that the above scenario is covered.

Best,


RY

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