[Emacs-diffs] master a1b230b 1/3: Allow trailing whitespace in --eval argument (Bug#36219)

[Noam Postavsky]

branch: master
commit a1b230b58a4176a574bcb37573c82d1ccc71633c
Author: Noam Postavsky <address@hidden>
Commit: Noam Postavsky <address@hidden>

    Allow trailing whitespace in --eval argument (Bug#36219)
    
    * lisp/startup.el (command-line-1): Don't complain about trailing
    garbage if it's only space, tab, or newline characters.
---
 lisp/startup.el | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lisp/startup.el b/lisp/startup.el
index 9004638..7759ed5 100644
--- a/lisp/startup.el
+++ b/lisp/startup.el
@@ -2413,7 +2413,9 @@ nil default-directory" name)
                             (read-data (read-from-string str-expr))
                             (expr (car read-data))
                             (end (cdr read-data)))
-                       (unless (= end (length str-expr))
+                       ;; Allow same trailing chars as minibuf.c's
+                       ;; `string_to_object'.
+                       (unless (string-match-p "[\s\t\n]*\\'" str-expr end)
                          (error "Trailing garbage following expression: %s"
                                 (substring str-expr end)))
                        (eval expr t)))