GNU bug report logs - #13013
24.3.50; Windows XP bug? get-file-buffer, file-name-as-directory

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Jambunathan K <kjambunathan <at> gmail.com>

Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 17:25:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: notabug

Found in version 24.3.50

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #11 received at 13013 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 13013 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Jambunathan K <kjambunathan <at> gmail.com>,
	istazahn <at> gmail.com
Subject: Re: bug#13013: 24.3.50;
	Windows XP bug? get-file-buffer, file-name-as-directory
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 13:38:13 -0500

>> I am surprised that `get-file-buffer' is returning nil.
> It returns nil because it compares file names with string-equal.

I think this brings us back to a recent suggestion to get rid of
get-file-buffer and redefine it as an alias of find-buffer-visiting
(which should work fine in this case).


        Stefan
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