From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Luc Teirlinck Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Patch: new function process-file (call-process with file handlers) Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2004 20:17:03 -0500 (CDT) Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <200410240117.i9O1H3G15317@raven.dms.auburn.edu> References: <863c0dnxxe.fsf@ketchup.de.uu.net> <86y8i5m9tf.fsf@ketchup.de.uu.net> <877jppm5x6.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> <864qklqk17.fsf@ketchup.de.uu.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1098580745 8887 80.91.229.6 (24 Oct 2004 01:19:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2004 01:19:05 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Oct 24 03:18:52 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CLX24-0004S1-00 for ; Sun, 24 Oct 2004 03:18:52 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CLX9d-0003JY-JN for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 23 Oct 2004 21:26:41 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CLX9W-0003JT-Iy for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 23 Oct 2004 21:26:34 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CLX9W-0003JH-74 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 23 Oct 2004 21:26:34 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CLX9W-0003JE-5d for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 23 Oct 2004 21:26:34 -0400 Original-Received: from [131.204.53.104] (helo=manatee.dms.auburn.edu) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CLX1s-0005LR-Tx for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 23 Oct 2004 21:18:41 -0400 Original-Received: from raven.dms.auburn.edu (raven.dms.auburn.edu [131.204.53.29]) by manatee.dms.auburn.edu (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i9O1IaiU027590; Sat, 23 Oct 2004 20:18:36 -0500 (CDT) Original-Received: (from teirllm@localhost) by raven.dms.auburn.edu (8.11.7p1+Sun/8.11.7) id i9O1H3G15317; Sat, 23 Oct 2004 20:17:03 -0500 (CDT) X-Authentication-Warning: raven.dms.auburn.edu: teirllm set sender to teirllm@dms.auburn.edu using -f Original-To: kai@emptydomain.de In-reply-to: <864qklqk17.fsf@ketchup.de.uu.net> (message from Kai Grossjohann on Sat, 23 Oct 2004 22:03:32 +0200) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:28814 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:28814 This apparently breaks `C-x v =' and other vc commands. The INFILE argument to process-file is optional and hence, can be nil. But process-file unconditionally does (file-local-copy infile). If infile is nil that leads to: wrong-type-argument stringp nil That is indeed the error generated by `C-x v ='. Sincerely, Luc.