From: Boruch Baum <boruch_baum@gmx.com>
To: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: 43375@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#43375: 26.1: file-directory-p returns t for empty string
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2020 10:39:43 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200913143943.6u5zt4wyxney5wlh@E15-2016.optimum.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87een5g72d.fsf@igel.home>
On 2020-09-13 15:06, Andreas Schwab wrote:
> On Sep 13 2020, Boruch Baum wrote:
>
> > I was expecting the follow to return nil, but it returns t
> >
> > (file-directory-p "")
>
> This is not a bug, as Emacs always works with expanded and canonicalized
> file names (the result of applying expand-file-name).
Then the docstring could be clearer and say "Return t if the expansion
of FILENAME names an existing directory" instead of simply the current
"Return t if FILENAME names an existing directory". Would that be an
acceptable change?
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Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-09-13 12:47 bug#43375: 26.1: file-directory-p returns t for empty string Boruch Baum
2020-09-13 13:06 ` Andreas Schwab
2020-09-13 13:34 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-09-13 14:40 ` Boruch Baum
2020-09-13 14:39 ` Boruch Baum [this message]
2020-09-13 15:01 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-09-13 16:29 ` Boruch Baum
2020-09-13 16:47 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-09-13 15:56 ` Andreas Schwab
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