GNU bug report logs - #12051
24.1; rcirc-send-message doesn't take multibyte into account.

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Li Ian-Xue <b4283 <at> bephor.org>

Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2012 01:17:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 24.1

Done: Leo <sdl.web <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #19 received at 12051 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Li Ian-Xue <b4283 <at> bephor.org>
Cc: 12051 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#12051: 24.1;
	rcirc-send-message doesn't take multibyte into account.
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2012 05:57:55 +0300

> From: Li Ian-Xue <b4283 <at> bephor.org>
> Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2012 09:59:05 +0800
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
> 
> > Isn't it better and simpler to split the string after it is encoded
> > inside rcirc-send-string?
> But by then one wouldn't know at which byte to cut. For example when
> it's a multibyte-ascii mixed string.

You can always stop at known characters, like whitespace.

Anyway, another way is simply to assume the worst possible expansion
ratio, and estimate the byte count before encoding.
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