GNU bug report logs - #73709
29.4; Doc of `file-newer-than-file-p'

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2024 17:58:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: notabug, wontfix

Found in version 29.4

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #81 received at 73709 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: michael_heerdegen <at> web.de, 73709 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#73709: 29.4; Doc of `file-newer-than-file-p'
Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2024 18:31:26 +0300

> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
> CC: "73709 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <73709 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
> Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2024 14:51:19 +0000
> 
> 1. Doc string suggestion, first line:
> 
> "Return t if content of FILE1 is newer than content of FILE2."
> 
> Short and clear.

It's short and clear, but it's inaccurate.  E.g., how to define
"content newer" when both files have the same content (like if one of
them is a copy of the other)?
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