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24.1; parse-colon-path turns empty paths into nil

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From: Dave Abrahams <dave <at> boostpro.com>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
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 07:59:11 -0500

on Mon Dec 31 2012, Glenn Morris <rgm-AT-gnu.org> wrote:

> 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.

I stand corrected.  Please fix the docstring, but otherwise I have no
argument to make here.

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Dave Abrahams
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