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

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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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From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 16048 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Subject: bug#16048: 24.3.50; String compare surprise
Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2013 20:24:22 +0100

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

>> Of course, if your string can contain a mix of bytes and chars, you
>> don't have a choice.
>
> "0123abc_xyz\x01\xff" looks just such a mix to me.

It is a hard core example, not something from the wild. In practice, I
expect rather ASCII strings to be handled.

Best regards, Michael.
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