Re: mail-extract-address-components bug

[Kenichi Handa]

In article <address@hidden>, Katsumi Yamaoka <address@hidden> writes:

>>> ;; Set the syntax of all non-ASCII characters to `word'
>>> ;; in the syntax tables that mail-extr.el uses.

> > If it solves the problem, should mail-extr.el be modified to
> > setup syntax tables as you did below?

>>> (eval-after-load "mail-extr"

> I don't want it to be merged in mail-extr.el.  It influences all
> the mail-extr processes but I'm not sure whether setting the syntax
> of all non-ASCII characters to `word' does not have a side effect.
> I consider it is no more than a workaround to be used before
> `m-e-a-c' is fixed, and the patch[1] I posted first is better.
> But please don't merge it hastily if you have a doubt even if it
> is little.

I don't know about the code of mail-extr.el nor the detailed
format of a mail address (RFC-822?).  So, I can't be sure,
either.  It must be checked by someone who knows both of
them.  Or, should we just install the change and see what
happens?

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Kenichi Handa
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