GNU bug report logs - #12925
24.1; string-make-unibyte instead of string-as-unibyte

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Message #26 received at 12925 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: larsi <at> gnus.org, 12925 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, ethan.glasser.camp <at> gmail.com
Subject: Re: bug#12925: 24.1; string-make-unibyte instead of string-as-unibyte
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2021 18:26:33 +0300

> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
> Cc: larsi <at> gnus.org,  12925 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,  ethan.glasser.camp <at> gmail.com
> Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2021 10:25:17 -0400
> 
> > What I mean is: if we think the current behavior is broken, then what
> > I suggest is at least less broken (and sometimes might just be TRT).
> 
> I doubt it's less broken: sometimes it will be TRT, other times it will
> be worse than what we have.
> 
> > At the very least what I suggest is reversible, whereas neither the
> > current behavior nor what you suggest is.
> 
> My point is that we shouldn't even get into the position of having to
> make such arbitrary choices: we should signal an error before we
> get there.

Well, then we still disagree.

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