bug#14030: 24.3; expand-file-name expands remote file name on Windows incorrectly

[Michael Albinus]

Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

> This was made on purpose, because it's annoyingly difficult to define
> such "optimized alias" without it.
> One way around it is to use (lambda (x) x) instead of `identity'.

I have thrown away the alias in tramp.el, using an ordinary defun as
suggested by Eli.

However, it shall be documented somewhere that there's such an
optimization trap now with defalias.

>         Stefan

Best regards, Michael.