Re: split-string bug in CVS tip of Emacs

[Miles Bader]

Peter Milliken <PeterM@resmed.com.au> writes:
> Just out of curiosity, is there any particular reason for breaking backward
> compatibility like this?

My vaaaaague memory is that it was for compatibility with xemacs.
The new definition _does_ omit null entries by default when a nil split
regexp (=> whitespace) is used, and I think it was judged that this
would cover the great bulk of compatibility problems.

Hmmm, google reveals this:

   http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2003-04/msg00472.html

It's a very long thread, and probably covers most questions you'd have.

-Miles
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