Re: testing for a remote file to include file on a Windows mapped drive

[Stefan Monnier]

>> >> I just have noticed several different concerns that tend to be
>> >> conflated:
>> >> - reliability and performance.
>> >> - ability to access the file via syscalls.
>> >> - whether relative file names can be used from one file name to another.
>> >> - whether a file's contents is directly accessible via syscalls.
>> 
>> > I think Drew had yet another concern, which is uncovered by the above.
>> 
>> Which one?

> The case with remote volumes mounted via the OS facilities such as
> NFS.  They are almost identical in reliability and performance to
> local volumes, and cannot be distinguished using file-remote-p, but
> Drew insisted on being able to distinguish them anyway.

Not sure if it's a different case.  IIUC he's worried about the
different reliability and/or performance of those volumes, but
admittedly, that wasn't stated clearly,


        Stefan