From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: 12517@debbugs.gnu.org, Leo <sdl.web@gmail.com>
Subject: bug#12517: 24.2; (file-name-directory "~") returns nil
Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2012 09:05:48 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvfw652axe.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m2r4pp45ng.fsf@igel.home> (Andreas Schwab's message of "Wed, 26 Sep 2012 09:14:43 +0200")
>> I was bitten by this corner case that (file-name-directory "~") returns
>> nil. I wonder if this is a bug/oversight?
I don't know if it should be treated as a misfeature, but at least I've
already relies on it in code such as locate-dominating-file, which
I quote:
;; Represent /home/luser/foo as ~/foo so that we don't try to look for
;; `name' in /home or in /.
(setq file (abbreviate-file-name file))
-- Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-09-26 13:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-09-26 2:35 bug#12517: 24.2; (file-name-directory "~") returns nil Leo
2012-09-26 7:14 ` Andreas Schwab
2012-09-26 13:05 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2012-09-26 7:24 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-09-26 16:26 ` Leo
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