From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#12517: 24.2; (file-name-directory "~") returns nil Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2012 09:05:48 -0400 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1348664777 27289 80.91.229.3 (26 Sep 2012 13:06:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2012 13:06:17 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 12517@debbugs.gnu.org, Leo To: Andreas Schwab Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Sep 26 15:06:21 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1TGrJj-0005eH-Fp for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 26 Sep 2012 15:06:19 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:47820 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TGrJe-0005wo-8U for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 26 Sep 2012 09:06:14 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:33056) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TGrJb-0005wP-Fl for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Sep 2012 09:06:12 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TGrJV-00063E-P0 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Sep 2012 09:06:11 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:46951) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TGrJV-000634-M0 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Sep 2012 09:06:05 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TGrJS-0007rE-10 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Sep 2012 09:06:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2012 13:06:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 12517 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 12517-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B12517.134866475930196 (code B ref 12517); Wed, 26 Sep 2012 13:06:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 12517) by debbugs.gnu.org; 26 Sep 2012 13:05:59 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56497 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TGrJK-0007qu-4i for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 26 Sep 2012 09:05:55 -0400 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.182]:47646) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TGrJD-0007qi-RB for 12517@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 26 Sep 2012 09:05:48 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Av0EAG6Zu09FxLT4/2dsb2JhbABEtBGBCIIVAQEEAVYjEAs0EhQYDSSIHAW6CZBEA6MzgViDBQ X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.75,637,1330923600"; d="scan'208";a="200006494" Original-Received: from 69-196-180-248.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([69.196.180.248]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP/TLS/ADH-AES256-SHA; 26 Sep 2012 09:05:48 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 7D4115938D; Wed, 26 Sep 2012 09:05:48 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Andreas Schwab's message of "Wed, 26 Sep 2012 09:14:43 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.2.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:64918 Archived-At: >> 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