GNU bug report logs - #4819
file-truename's undocumented behavior

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: MON KEY <monkey <at> sandpframing.com>

Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:35:04 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: wontfix

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: MON KEY <monkey <at> sandpframing.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: file-truename's undocumented behavior
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:28:40 -0400

This form returns a value.
(file-truename "")

WHY?
I just spent 2 1/2 hours in a break-loop three functions away trying to debug
_undocumented_ behavior.

GNU Emacs 23.1.50.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600)
 of 2009-06-30 on LENNART-69DE564 (patched)
This bug report was last modified 13 years and 322 days ago.

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