GNU bug report logs - #70036
30.0.50; Move file-truename to the C level

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From: Theodor Thornhill <theo <at> thornhill.no>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 70036 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, felician.nemeth <at> gmail.com, joaotavora <at> gmail.com
Subject: bug#70036: a fix that
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2024 13:59:06 +0200

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

>> From: Theodor Thornhill <theo <at> thornhill.no>
>> Cc: felician.nemeth <at> gmail.com, 70036 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
>> Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2024 13:32:42 +0200
>> 
>> I wonder - why can't we use just buffer-file-truename?
>
> buffer-file-truename records the _abbreviated_ file name, so it can
> depend on directory-abbrev-alist.  Whether this is important here, I
> don't know, but we must at least consider this caveat before we
> decide.

Yeah, it also seems some of functions in question don't need 'path' to
be an existing buffer. I'll look at it, but I think it may be a no-go.

Theo

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