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29.4; Doc of `file-newer-than-file-p'

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Message #96 received at 73709 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 73709 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Subject: Re: bug#73709: 29.4; Doc of `file-newer-than-file-p'
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2024 03:10:56 +0200

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

> > "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)?

Would it be less problematic to refer to "the time when the file has
been last saved"?  I think this comes close to the actual meaning,
doesn't refer to internals, and also suggest the intended semantics for
the existing use cases (auto-save files, source vs. compiled files,
etc.).


Michael.

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