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bug#12517: 24.2; (file-name-directory "~") returns nil
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Stefan Monnier |
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bug#12517: 24.2; (file-name-directory "~") returns nil |
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Wed, 26 Sep 2012 09:05:48 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.2.50 (gnu/linux) |
>> 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