Subject: RE: bug#6431: 24.0.50; read-file-name-predicate is never reset

From: Drew Adams <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 10:54:12 -0800 (PST)

> > read-file-name-predicate is declared obsolete in 23.2.  But it is
> > still available and still used.
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > However, it is no longer bound in `read-file-name', as it was.  So
> > if 3rd-party code ever sets it then it stays set instead of being
> > reinitialized by `read-file-name'.
> 
> It no longer seems to be used.  Closing.

It is used - by 3rd-party code.  Please restore the binding
cited in the bug report.