GNU bug report logs - #7617
24.0.50; `expand-file-name': removal of slashes

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Message #77 received at 7617 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 7617 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca
Subject: Re: bug#7617: 24.0.50; `expand-file-name': removal of slashes
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2010 17:17:16 +0200

> From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
> Cc: <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>, <7617 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
> Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2010 06:51:42 -0800
> 
> And it's not clear what that would mean in terms of the expansion I'm after
> (which is exactly the expansion of `expand*' minus the slash collapsing).

But after the expansion, wouldn't you remove everything up to and
including the double slash?  If so, why do you need the expansion, if
most of it will be thrown away?  And if you don't remove the part up
to the double slash, then why do you need to keep the double slash?

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