Re: read-file-name-predicate

[Kim F. Storm]

Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:

> I don't know if in this specific case the variable is a left-over from
> something we don't need anymore; I hope Kim will answer that.

Because read-file-name-internal need to specbind it:

  count = SPECPDL_INDEX ();
  specbind (intern ("completion-ignore-case"),
            read_file_name_completion_ignore_case ? Qt : Qnil);
  specbind (intern ("minibuffer-completing-file-name"), Qt);
  specbind (intern ("read-file-name-predicate"),
            (NILP (predicate) ? Qfile_exists_p : predicate));

I guess it could have been done some other way, but this seemed
the easiest way to do it at the time.  

Let's not change it now.

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Kim F. Storm <address@hidden> http://www.cua.dk