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#4819: file-truename's undocumented behavior Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:52:24 -0400 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: Stefan Monnier , 4819@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1256695666 28490 80.91.229.12 (28 Oct 2009 02:07:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:07:46 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 4819@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com, bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: MON KEY Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Oct 28 03:07:34 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1N2xwj-0003r4-4C for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:07:33 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:49151 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1N2xwi-0003yN-Ih for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:07:32 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1N2xwa-0003wF-GA for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:07:24 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1N2xwT-0003tK-93 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:07:23 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=52248 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1N2xwT-0003tF-0z for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:07:17 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:57904) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1N2xwS-00054F-Dl for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:07:16 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id n9S27EX0030100; Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:07:14 -0700 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n9S1t9oU028002; Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:55:09 -0700 Resent-Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:55:09 -0700 X-Loop: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs 2Resent-Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:55:09 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: followup 4819 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B.125669475327743 (code B ref -1); Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:55:09 +0000 Original-Received: (at submit) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 28 Oct 2009 01:52:33 +0000 X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. 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X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) Resent-Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:07:23 -0400 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:32258 Archived-At: > This form returns a value. > (file-truename "") > WHY? Why not? What value did you expect? > I just spent 2 1/2 hours in a break-loop three functions away trying > to debug _undocumented_ behavior. Which part of the documentation do you think this behavior contradicts? Stefan