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27.1; Regression in `ffap-read-file-or-url'

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Message #23 received at 44822 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 44822 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>,
 Thierry Volpiatto <thierry.volpiatto <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#44822: 27.1; Regression in `ffap-read-file-or-url'
Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2021 18:58:12 +0200

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

> Hmm... the motivation for the change is described in the comment:
>
>       ;; FIXME: We earlier tried to make use of `url-file-handler' so
>       ;; `read-file-name' could also be used for URLs, but it
>       ;; introduced all kinds of subtle breakage such as:
>       ;; - (file-name-directory "http://a") returning "http://a/"
>       ;; - Trying to contact remote hosts with no justification
>       ;; These should be fixed in url-handler-mode before we can try
>       ;; using it here again.

Duh; my eyes just skipped that bit.  :-/

> Maybe the cure is worse than the disease,

I had forgotten all the peculiarities that url-file-handler has -- it's
simply not a usable solution.

Perhaps somebody can come up with a much, much simpler solution for use
in `read-file-name' only -- that shouldn't be insurmountable, I think...

-- 
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