GNU bug report logs - #36502
27.0.50; infinite loop in file-name-case-insensitive-p

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Message #94 received at 36502 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ken Brown <kbrown <at> cornell.edu>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: "rms <at> gnu.org" <rms <at> gnu.org>, "schwab <at> suse.de" <schwab <at> suse.de>,
 "npostavs <at> gmail.com" <npostavs <at> gmail.com>,
 "36502 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <36502 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>,
 "monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca" <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>,
 "dan <at> dpsutton.com" <dan <at> dpsutton.com>
Subject: Re: bug#36502: Fwd: bug#36502: 27.0.50; infinite loop in
 file-name-case-insensitive-p
Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2019 14:30:06 +0000

On 7/21/2019 10:21 AM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> 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>
>> From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
>> Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2019 19:32:30 -0700
>>
>> My impression from looking at uses of file-name-absolute-p
>> is that changing it to return nil here would improve correctness of the callers,
>> though there would be a performance cost for this case of course.
> 
> I agree.
> 
> So Ken, please push your changes, and I would appreciate if you could
> also make the change in file-name-absolute-p (as a separate change),
> if you have time.

OK, I'll work on that.

Ken

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