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bug#43375: 26.1: file-directory-p returns t for empty string
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Lars Ingebrigtsen |
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bug#43375: 26.1: file-directory-p returns t for empty string |
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Sun, 13 Sep 2020 15:34:33 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org> writes:
>> I was expecting the follow to return nil, but it returns t
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>> (file-directory-p "")
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> This is not a bug, as Emacs always works with expanded and canonicalized
> file names (the result of applying expand-file-name).
Yup. It should be documented, though, so I've now mentioned this quirk
in the doc string in Emacs 28.
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