GNU bug report logs - #16048
24.3.50; String compare surprise

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: michael.albinus <at> gmx.de

Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2013 11:45:03 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 24.3.50

Done: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #25 received at 16048 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 16048 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
Subject: Re: bug#16048: 24.3.50; String compare surprise
Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2013 14:12:15 -0500

> Beware: byte-to-string returns a unibyte string.  You do NOT want
> unibyte strings in your application code.

IIUC this is dbus code, so it likely handles marshalled data, which
often has to manage bytes rather than chars, so a unibyte string might
be the right thing.


        Stefan "who doesn't actually know what he's talking about"
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