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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
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  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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