GNU bug report logs - #15260
cannot build in a directory with non-ascii characters

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2013 17:47:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version 24.3

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: handa <at> gnu.org, 15260 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#15260: cannot build in a directory with non-ascii characters
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2013 14:04:58 -0400

>> >> So, it should be removed and replaced by calls to either
>> >> make_unibyte_string or make_multibyte_string.
>> > I presume you think the same about build_string, then.
>> Pretty much, except that I tend to think of build_string as only meant
>> for use on string constants, which are all ASCII, normally, so it
>> doesn't matter nearly as much.
> About 20% of uses of build_string are not guaranteed to act on pure
> ASCII strings.

These should presumably use something like make_unibyte_string or
make_multibyte_string, then.


        Stefan
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