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24.0.92; mail-extract-address-components returns strange results

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From: Sam Steingold <sds <at> gnu.org>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 24.0.92; mail-extract-address-components returns strange results
Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2011 23:18:32 -0500

In GNU Emacs 24.0.92.5 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, X toolkit, Xaw3d scroll bars)
 of 2011-12-28 on t520sds
Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.11004000
configured using `configure  '--with-wide-int''

I find this result surprising (emacs -Q):
  (mail-extract-address-components "foo.bar <at> quux.com <foo.bar <at> quux.com>")
==>  ("foo" "foo.bar <at> quux.com")
I expected either
  (nil "foo.bar <at> quux.com")
or
  ("foo bar" "foo.bar <at> quux.com")


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Message #8 received at 10406 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: 10406 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: sds <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#10406: 24.0.92;
 mail-extract-address-components returns strange results
Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2018 20:46:24 +0200

Sam Steingold <sds <at> gnu.org> writes:

> I find this result surprising (emacs -Q):
>   (mail-extract-address-components "foo.bar <at> quux.com <foo.bar <at> quux.com>")
> ==>  ("foo" "foo.bar <at> quux.com")
> I expected either
>   (nil "foo.bar <at> quux.com")
> or
>   ("foo bar" "foo.bar <at> quux.com")

Yes, that function is weird.  I've updated the doc string to it to refer
users to `mail-header-parse-address' instead.

(mail-header-parse-address "foo.bar <at> quux.com <foo.bar <at> quux.com>")
=> ("foo.bar <at> quux.com" . "foo.bar <at> quux.com")

Packages that then want to display the "name" "foo.bar <at> quux.com" can
then do whatever they want with it...

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