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Gnutls elisp code doesn't properly check for file existence

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Message #32 received at 15866 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 15866 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,
 Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>, emacs <at> kosowsky.org
Subject: Re: bug#15866: Gnutls elisp code doesn't properly check for file
 existence
Date: Sun, 07 Dec 2014 21:17:21 +0100

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

> Whereas in gnutls.el the issue is for the *code* to check that the
> libgnutls C code (which will not have access to the file name handlers)
> will be able to use the file name provided by the user.

Wouldn't a solution here be to introduce a variable like
`inhibit-file-handlers' that would really inhibit all Lisp-level file
handlers?  Doesn't Emacs have that already?  Hm...
`inhibit-file-name-handlers' doesn't quite seem to do the trick, I
guess?

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