GNU bug report logs - #12598
24.2; utf-8 codepoints in doc-strings and compression of .el and .elc files

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Message #29 received at 12598 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Kenichi Handa <handa <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
Cc: Stromeko <at> nexgo.de, 12598 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#12598: 24.2;
	utf-8 codepoints in doc-strings and compression of .el and .elc files
Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2013 18:23:10 +0900

In article <jwvmwvpgrcg.fsf-monnier+bug#12598 <at> gnu.org>, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA> writes:

> I think the problem lies between load-with-code-conversion and
> eval-buffer, so it dates back to the introduction of
> load-with-code-conversion, which IIRC predates the internal use
> of Unicode.

> Fixing `eval-buffer' so that it skips bytes when it sees #@NN is tricky,
> so the best fix is probably to change load-with-code-conversion so that
> (if the file is byte-compiled) it saves the buffer to a temp file and
> passes that to `load'.

The variable load-source-file-function is set to
load-with-code-converision, and Fload calls
load-source-file-function.  So, shouldn't we provide a file
name handler for `load' operation instead of
making load-source-file-function handle non-source files?

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Kenichi Handa
handa <at> gnu.org

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