GNU bug report logs - #15162
24.3; Emacs cannot visit a file named " "

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Ulrich Mueller <ulm <at> gentoo.org>

Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2013 16:00:03 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 24.3

Fixed in version 24.4

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Ulrich Mueller <ulm <at> gentoo.org>
To: 15162 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#15162: 24.3; Emacs cannot visit a file named " "
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2013 17:58:31 +0200

$ emacs -Q " "

outputs a message "Empty string for buffer name is not allowed" and
refuses to visit the file.

This still worked in Emacs 22.3. Seems that this commit broke it:
http://bzr.savannah.gnu.org/lh/emacs/trunk/revision/79740
This bug report was last modified 12 years and 1 day ago.

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