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27.0.50; infinite loop in file-name-case-insensitive-p

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Message #85 received at 36502 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Ken Brown <kbrown <at> cornell.edu>
Cc: eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu, 36502 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#36502: Fwd: bug#36502: 27.0.50; infinite loop in
 file-name-case-insensitive-p
Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2019 18:52:43 +0300

> From: Ken Brown <kbrown <at> cornell.edu>
> CC: "rms <at> gnu.org" <rms <at> gnu.org>, "dan <at> dpsutton.com" <dan <at> dpsutton.com>,
> 	"36502 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <36502 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>, "npostavs <at> gmail.com"
> 	<npostavs <at> gmail.com>, "monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca" <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>,
> 	"schwab <at> suse.de" <schwab <at> suse.de>, Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
> Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2019 14:27:08 +0000
> 
> > Thanks.  The patch looks OK to me, but shouldn't we also make
> > file-name-absolute-p recognize "~foo" as non-absolute when there's no
> > user named "foo"?  I thought we agreed this is a discrepancy we don't
> > want.
> 
> I'm not sure.  The current behavior is longstanding and was explicitly 
> documented by Paul (added to the CC) in the last couple years.  Might there be 
> some code that relies on this behavior?

I'd be surprised.  Paul, can you comment, please?

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