Re: write-region is mishandling an error

[Stefan Monnier]

>     Which creates an empty file named "Test at 12" and no error occurs.
>     Initially I didn't notice that the filename was truncated.
>     Once I did I realized that : is illegal in a file name.
>     Some kind of error must be occurring that isn't being reported.

> If you run under a debugger with a breakpoint at Fsignal you will see
> if any Emacs Lisp error occurs.  I suspect you will find there is none;
> I suspect that Windows truncates the file name without complaining.

"foo:bar" is a special thingy under WinNT (or maybe under NTFS), kind of
like a "fork" in MacOS speech.  It seems it's called "stream".

Maybe Emacs should warn the user that she's about to use a little-known
corner of her OS semantics.


        Stefan