* fileio.c (Fexpand_file_name): Omit confusing pointer comparison

that was not needed.

2 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index 05d69382855..a9a92e0cbab 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2013-02-10  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+        * fileio.c (Fexpand_file_name): Omit confusing pointer comparison
+        that was not needed.
+
 2013-02-09  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
 
         Minor hashing refactoring.
diff --git a/src/fileio.c b/src/fileio.c
index 1b293e3a971..ddf23867104 100644
--- a/src/fileio.c
+++ b/src/fileio.c
@@ -1348,8 +1348,8 @@ filesystem tree, not (expand-file-name ".."  dirname).  */)
 #ifdef WINDOWSNT
             char *prev_o = o;
 #endif
-            while (o != target && (--o) && !IS_DIRECTORY_SEP (*o))
-              ;
+            while (o != target && (--o, !IS_DIRECTORY_SEP (*o)))
+              continue;
 #ifdef WINDOWSNT
             /* Don't go below server level in UNC filenames.  */
             if (o == target + 1 && IS_DIRECTORY_SEP (*o)