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24.2; utf-8 codepoints in doc-strings and compression of .el and .elc files

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From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
To: Achim Gratz <Stromeko <at> nexgo.de>
Cc: 12598 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#12598: 24.2; utf-8 codepoints in doc-strings and compression of .el and .elc files
Date: Sun, 07 Oct 2012 23:15:43 +0200

Achim Gratz <Stromeko <at> nexgo.de> writes:

> Stefan Monnier writes:
>>> I've just removed some utf-8 codepoints from docstrings in org-mode
>>> because when I compress either the source (.el.gz) or the resulting
>>> byte-compiled file (.elc.gz), the loader fails after the first function
>>> definition that has such a docstring.
>>
>> Sounds like a bug.  Can you send a precise recipe?
>
> The org.el currently in trunk should demonstrate it: compress the
> bytecompiled file with gzip, then try to (load "org") with the load-path
> set so that it finds those compressed files.  With the byte-compiled
> file you'll then get this error:
>
> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (void-variable defalias)

That's because #@N counts in bytes, not characters.

Andreas.

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