From: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
To: 11418-done@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#11418: 24.0.96; empty .dir-locals.el gives "Error: (end-of-file)" during opening arbitrary files
Date: Sun, 06 May 2012 13:59:33 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <6sy5p5dwca.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAJs9Ju8q-nZw+F4j+KHiA+nefeaMGt_O0Z3kPKH5wHP1WCvwGQ@mail.gmail.com> (Albert's message of "Sun, 6 May 2012 10:27:38 +0200")
Version: 24.0.97
Albert wrote:
> I consider this an inconvenient error message. If possible: either
> give no error when there is no content, or be more specific where no
> content was found.
I don't know a simple way to distinguish an end-of-file error caused by
a malformed expression from one caused by a file that is either
literally empty or contains nothing but comments. So I just made the
message mention dir-locals.
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2012-05-06 8:27 bug#11418: 24.0.96; empty .dir-locals.el gives "Error: (end-of-file)" during opening arbitrary files Albert
2012-05-06 17:59 ` Glenn Morris [this message]
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