GNU bug report logs - #56824
29.0.50; mail-header-parse-address drops the 1st character from the name

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Sam Steingold <sds <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 56824 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#56824: 29.0.50; mail-header-parse-address drops the 1st
 character from the name
Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2022 15:36:20 +0200

Sam Steingold <sds <at> gnu.org> writes:

> https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=10406
> https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=56422
>
> Lars told me to use `mail-header-parse-address' instead of
> `mail-extract-address-components'.

Well, not exactly.

> Well, I tried, with a positive effect (thanks Lars!),
> but here is the 1st time the former is deficient:
>
> (mail-header-parse-addresses "Štěpán Němec <stepnem <at> gmail.com>")
> ==> (("stepnem <at> gmail.com" . "těpán Němec"))
> (mail-extract-address-components "Štěpán Němec <stepnem <at> gmail.com>")
> ==> ("Štěpán Němec" "stepnem <at> gmail.com")

`mail-header-parse-addresses' is for parsing RFC822bis mail addresses.
"Štěpán Němec <stepnem <at> gmail.com>" is definitely not one of those.

You're probably looking for `mail-header-parse-address-lax':

(mail-header-parse-address-lax "Štěpán Němec <stepnem <at> gmail.com>")
-> ("stepnem <at> gmail.com" . "Štěpán Němec")

This should probably be documented better.

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