GNU bug report logs - #14030
24.3; expand-file-name expands remote file name on Windows incorrectly

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Vida Gábor <vidagabor <at> gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2013 15:21:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 24.3

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #62 received at 14030 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, vidagabor <at> gmail.com, 14030 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#14030: 24.3;
	expand-file-name expands remote file name on Windows incorrectly
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2013 20:28:03 +0100

Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

> This was made on purpose, because it's annoyingly difficult to define
> such "optimized alias" without it.
> One way around it is to use (lambda (x) x) instead of `identity'.

I have thrown away the alias in tramp.el, using an ordinary defun as
suggested by Eli.

However, it shall be documented somewhere that there's such an
optimization trap now with defalias.

>         Stefan

Best regards, Michael.
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