find-file on directory

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From: macrakis
Date: Thu, 31 May 1990 09:04

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GNU Emacs 18.53.11 of Mon Jul 24 1989 on kodak (berkeley-unix) running on NeXT 1.0.1

C-x C-f /tmp/  correctly runs Dired on /tmp.

However, C-x C-f /tmp/foo  then  C-x C-f /tmp/  just reselects the foo
buffer.  C-x C-f /tmp , on the other hand, runs Dired on /tmp.  

This is because (interactive "F") completes the filename as
"/tmp/foo" in the first case.  This behavior is in some sense
consistent, but also surprising.

Bug or feature?

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