RE: next emacs version?

[Drew Adams]

> checking (string-match directory-listing-before-filename-regexp 
> <wellcraftedteststring>) might work at least as well for
> the problem at hand.

Ugh. It could be done, but as I said earlier:

>> FWIW, the regexp in question,
>> `directory-listing-before-filename-regexp', is
>> among the hairiest I've come across (have a look
>> - quite amusing), and I don't think it's a good idea to
>> try to test against that value.

Anyway, there is no problem in this particular case, as I can just test for 23.2
and ignore supporting dev versions before that (since the release is imminent).

The general question remains, however - see my last mail.