From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Andreas Schwab Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#43375: 26.1: file-directory-p returns t for empty string Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2020 17:56:48 +0200 Message-ID: <87a6xtfz5r.fsf@igel.home> References: <20200913124737.bnsdbrhkfb7xpesj@E15-2016.optimum.net> <87een5g72d.fsf@igel.home> <20200913143943.6u5zt4wyxney5wlh@E15-2016.optimum.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="39343"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.1 (gnu/linux) Cc: 43375@debbugs.gnu.org To: Boruch Baum Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Sep 13 17:57:12 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1kHUNL-000A8p-Ul for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 13 Sep 2020 17:57:11 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:53894 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kHUNK-0006Od-P5 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 13 Sep 2020 11:57:10 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:52746) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kHUNC-0006Mj-Aw for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Sep 2020 11:57:02 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:39857) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kHUNC-0000Tf-14 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Sep 2020 11:57:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1kHUNB-00025x-VU for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Sep 2020 11:57:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Andreas Schwab Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2020 15:57:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 43375 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: fixed Original-Received: via spool by 43375-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B43375.16000126138038 (code B ref 43375); Sun, 13 Sep 2020 15:57:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 43375) by debbugs.gnu.org; 13 Sep 2020 15:56:53 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:51403 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1kHUN3-00025a-Dw for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 13 Sep 2020 11:56:53 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-out.m-online.net ([212.18.0.9]:41614) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1kHUN1-00025R-A6 for 43375@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 13 Sep 2020 11:56:52 -0400 Original-Received: from frontend01.mail.m-online.net (unknown [192.168.8.182]) by mail-out.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4BqDdG1Qqbz1qrMc; Sun, 13 Sep 2020 17:56:50 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (dynscan1.mnet-online.de [192.168.6.70]) by mail.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4BqDdF6wJhz1qqkR; Sun, 13 Sep 2020 17:56:49 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mnet-online.de Original-Received: from mail.mnet-online.de ([192.168.8.182]) by localhost (dynscan1.mail.m-online.net [192.168.6.70]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id cTtUdHxHSAFv; Sun, 13 Sep 2020 17:56:49 +0200 (CEST) X-Auth-Info: gFat/e/ITBN/oxQceiKhie8lGRSHvhKR47FWk0umTDeSTZezVOncpzoXNstqRB3H Original-Received: from igel.home (ppp-46-244-163-183.dynamic.mnet-online.de [46.244.163.183]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.mnet-online.de (Postfix) with ESMTPSA; Sun, 13 Sep 2020 17:56:49 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: by igel.home (Postfix, from userid 1000) id C02032C1E24; Sun, 13 Sep 2020 17:56:48 +0200 (CEST) X-Yow: All this time I've been VIEWING a RUSSIAN MIDGET SODOMIZE a HOUSECAT! In-Reply-To: <20200913143943.6u5zt4wyxney5wlh@E15-2016.optimum.net> (Boruch Baum's message of "Sun, 13 Sep 2020 10:39:43 -0400") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:187971 Archived-At: On Sep 13 2020, Boruch Baum wrote: > 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? This is already documented in the Elisp manual: Many of the file functions take one or more arguments that are file names. A file name is a string. Most of these functions expand file name arguments using the function ‘expand-file-name’, so that ‘~’ is handled correctly, as are relative file names (including ‘../’ and the empty string). *Note File Name Expansion::. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@linux-m68k.org GPG Key fingerprint = 7578 EB47 D4E5 4D69 2510 2552 DF73 E780 A9DA AEC1 "And now for something completely different."