GNU bug report logs - #21931
25.0.50; behaviour of read-directory-name with double slashes

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Nicolas Richard <youngfrog <at> members.fsf.org>

Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2015 06:29:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 25.0.50

Done: Nicolas Richard <youngfrog <at> members.fsf.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 21931 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: John Wiegley <jwiegley <at> gmail.com>
To: Nicolas Richard <youngfrog <at> members.fsf.org>
Cc: 21931 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#21931: 25.0.50;
 behaviour of read-directory-name with double slashes
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2015 11:19:27 -0800

>>>>> Nicolas Richard <youngfrog <at> members.fsf.org> writes:

> ("/tmp/src/" "/" "src/" "/" "/src/" "/")
> Is this intended ?

What list were you expecting to see? "//" has always meant "start at root" to
mean, ignoring whatever comes prior. This is how C-x C-f works, and it means
you don't have to delete any existing default text in order to begin at root.

John
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