Subject: bug#63557: 26.3; Doc string of `find-file-run-dired'

From: Drew Adams <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 18 May 2023 16:06:49 +0000

> > That you can't visit a directory is one thing.
> 
> The doc string says "allows", not "can".

That you're not allowed to visit a directory is
one thing.  That an error is raised is another.

> > That trying to do that raises an error is a
> > different thing.  Another possible behavior
> > that doesn't visit a directory is to do nothing.
> > A third is to show a message, without raising
> > an error.
> >
> > Not being able to do something is not the same
> > as having an error raised if you try to do it.
> 
> You are splitting hair for no good reason.

Tell that to the manual, which rightfully makes
clear that an error is raised.

Ask yourself if you're perhaps refusing a simple
doc fix for no good reason.