GNU bug report logs - #64089
30.0.50; `ldap-search' errors out with `wrong-type-argument listp' when called WITHDN == t

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Filipp Gunbin <fgunbin <at> fastmail.fm>
Cc: jschmidt4gnu <at> vodafonemail.de, 64089 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca
Subject: Re: bug#64089: 30.0.50; `ldap-search' errors out with
 `wrong-type-argument listp' when called WITHDN == t
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2023 22:09:03 +0300

> From: Filipp Gunbin <fgunbin <at> fastmail.fm>
> Cc: 64089 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,  jschmidt4gnu <at> vodafonemail.de,
>   monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca
> Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2023 21:38:19 +0300
> 
> On 19/06/2023 20:24 +0300, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> 
> >> Previously ldap-search withdn=t returned:
> >> 
> >> (("<dn value>" ("mail" "...")))
> >> 
> >> But now it will return:
> >> 
> >> ((("dn" "<dn value>") ("mail" "...")))
> >
> > In which situations will the current code cause trouble, where the
> > original code didn't?
> 
> The above formats are what ldap-search returns when given withdn=t.
> 
> Emacs codebase doesn't use withdn=t at all, but ldap-search is a "public"
> API function, and we're not supposed to change its return format?

Where is its return format documented for the withdn=t case?

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