From: Dave Abrahams <dave@boostpro.com>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
Cc: 12351@debbugs.gnu.org, Wolfgang Jenkner <wjenkner@inode.at>
Subject: bug#12351: 24.1; parse-colon-path turns empty paths into nil
Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2012 07:58:27 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2k3ry8jkc.fsf@cube.luannocracy.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <gl623iitss.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (Glenn Morris's message of "Mon, 31 Dec 2012 02:07:15 -0500")
on Mon Dec 31 2012, Glenn Morris <rgm-AT-gnu.org> wrote:
> PS parse-colon-path is explicitly documented to return nils:
>
> -- Function: parse-colon-path path
> This function takes a search path string such as the value of the
> `PATH' environment variable, and splits it at the separators,
> returning a list of directory names. `nil' in this list means the
> current directory. Although the function's name says "colon", it
> actually uses the value of `path-separator'.
>
> (parse-colon-path ":/foo:/bar")
> => (nil "/foo/" "/bar/")
>
> The only use of parse-colon-path in "core" Emacs is in setting cd-path,
> which needs the nil, as we have seen.
OK, the docstring doesn't match the manual.
--
Dave Abrahams
BoostPro Computing Software Development Training
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-12-31 12:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-09-04 18:58 bug#12351: 24.1; parse-colon-path turns empty paths into nil Dave Abrahams
2012-09-16 15:57 ` Chong Yidong
2012-12-30 18:52 ` Glenn Morris
2012-12-30 19:53 ` Dave Abrahams
2012-12-30 20:22 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-12-30 20:37 ` Dave Abrahams
2012-12-30 22:08 ` Andreas Schwab
2012-12-31 3:08 ` Dave Abrahams
2012-12-31 7:14 ` Glenn Morris
2012-12-31 12:59 ` Dave Abrahams
2012-12-31 10:07 ` Andreas Schwab
2012-12-31 1:40 ` Wolfgang Jenkner
2012-12-31 3:11 ` Dave Abrahams
2012-12-31 6:56 ` Glenn Morris
2012-12-31 7:07 ` Glenn Morris
2012-12-31 12:58 ` Dave Abrahams [this message]
2012-12-31 16:10 ` Wolfgang Jenkner
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