GNU bug report logs - #12351
24.1; parse-colon-path turns empty paths into nil

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Dave Abrahams <dave <at> boostpro.com>

Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2012 19:06:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 24.1

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Dave Abrahams <dave <at> boostpro.com>
Cc: 12351 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
Subject: bug#12351: 24.1; parse-colon-path turns empty paths into nil
Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2012 02:14:18 -0500

Dave Abrahams wrote:

> It puts nils in exec-path when PATH contains empty elements.

man bash:

  A zero-length (null) directory name in the value of PATH indicates the
  current directory.

C-h v exec-path

  nil [means] (try default directory).


So this all seems totally consistent to me.
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