+2012-12-31 Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
+
+ * files.el (parse-colon-path): Doc fix. (Bug#12351)
+ Return nil for empty path elements. (Bug#13296)
+
2012-12-31 Fabián Ezequiel Gallina <fgallina@cuca>
* progmodes/python.el (python-nav-end-of-statement): Rewrite in
"Explode a search path into a list of directory names.
Directories are separated by `path-separator' (which is colon in
GNU and Unix systems). Substitute environment variables into the
-resulting list of directory names."
+resulting list of directory names. For an empty path element (i.e.,
+a leading or trailing separator, or two adjacent separators), return
+nil (meaning `default-directory') as the associated list element."
(when (stringp search-path)
(mapcar (lambda (f)
- (substitute-in-file-name (file-name-as-directory f)))
- (split-string search-path path-separator t))))
+ (if (equal "" f) nil
+ (substitute-in-file-name (file-name-as-directory f))))
+ (split-string search-path path-separator))))
(defun cd-absolute (dir)
"Change current directory to given absolute file name DIR."