From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dave Abrahams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#12351: 24.1; parse-colon-path turns empty paths into nil Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2012 07:59:11 -0500 Message-ID: References: <83licfjnny.fsf@gnu.org> <05fw2my9px.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1356958811 25593 80.91.229.3 (31 Dec 2012 13:00:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2012 13:00:11 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 12351@debbugs.gnu.org, Andreas Schwab To: Glenn Morris Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Dec 31 14:00:25 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1TpeyX-0007XF-F4 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 31 Dec 2012 14:00:17 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:35850 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TpeyI-00049e-4H for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 31 Dec 2012 08:00:02 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:60463) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TpeyF-00049Y-M5 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 31 Dec 2012 08:00:00 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Tpey9-0000M2-4L for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 31 Dec 2012 07:59:59 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:55781) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Tpey9-0000Ly-17 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 31 Dec 2012 07:59:53 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TpezG-0006YG-BG for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 31 Dec 2012 08:01:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Dave Abrahams Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2012 13:01:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 12351 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 12351-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B12351.135695882525135 (code B ref 12351); Mon, 31 Dec 2012 13:01:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 12351) by debbugs.gnu.org; 31 Dec 2012 13:00:25 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:37799 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Tpeye-0006XM-Gi for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 31 Dec 2012 08:00:24 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-vb0-f44.google.com ([209.85.212.44]:65336) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Tpeyc-0006XF-J7 for 12351@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 31 Dec 2012 08:00:23 -0500 Original-Received: by mail-vb0-f44.google.com with SMTP id fc26so12745121vbb.31 for <12351@debbugs.gnu.org>; Mon, 31 Dec 2012 04:59:12 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to :message-id:user-agent:mime-version:content-type:x-gm-message-state; bh=zCMq+OT+dKz82LvJHEB7WGrcAlB5WmH3UHJx551eTjQ=; b=Qz7mf3nAAka+8PVn5UwOqx9iv62Et2/Bl+xaaukCm+7nnsyoTvr4ArjzTlcjJTGK3Z wchKwlx2sv1z5DCO0WvfRiKHxYCLffTHjLIFTNUzkZ+ZXHw185N0tEmxOrCdu8MkV7xW zPlQWXf41AUuhGIMvhGmD7d6skPGuPFFsjO1/PibLUXJCLVTl5WpOpSXqZuOLSbJT6T4 WfWuGq6gU4weLmH4i1g91oQZ0GhaYMuvfrBFuqAad6d9Q/IZzxnrO4UTCCKO/hDJY5sn GNlb8jQi2XohE60iMsVci5DEE8yx6U0n7Bzi9j93SP65Ajnt8AWRxHqPRjTfnOJCEnvM w7WQ== X-Received: by 10.52.67.45 with SMTP id k13mr57821367vdt.9.1356958752750; Mon, 31 Dec 2012 04:59:12 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from pluto.boostpro.com (207-172-223-249.c3-0.smr-ubr3.sbo-smr.ma.static.cable.rcn.com. [207.172.223.249]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id dx4sm38425464vdb.16.2012.12.31.04.59.11 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Mon, 31 Dec 2012 04:59:12 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by pluto.boostpro.com (Postfix, from userid 501) id 759E09B221D; Mon, 31 Dec 2012 07:59:11 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <05fw2my9px.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (Glenn Morris's message of "Mon, 31 Dec 2012 02:14:18 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.130006 (Ma Gnus v0.6) Emacs/24.2 (darwin) X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQniAnwlvbhbp4Qrl/6ydTszMz1CdS3FGEuGbOqOP6uJIfowhCsTtEGgP5kTZ+eCcgO8LUSM X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:69234 Archived-At: on Mon Dec 31 2012, Glenn Morris wrote: > Dave Abrahams wrote: > >> It puts nils in exec-path when PATH contains empty elements. > > man bash: > > A zero-length (null) directory name in the value of PATH indicates the > current directory. > > C-h v exec-path > > nil [means] (try default directory). > > So this all seems totally consistent to me. I stand corrected. Please fix the docstring, but otherwise I have no argument to make here. -- Dave Abrahams BoostPro Computing Software Development Training http://www.boostpro.com Clang/LLVM/EDG Compilers C++ Boost