GNU bug report logs - #22815
[module] allow different encodings for to copy_string_contents and make_string

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Atsuo Ohki <ohki <at> gssm.otsuka.tsukuba.ac.jp>

Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2016 07:31:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: wontfix

Found in version 25.0.91

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #20 received at 22815 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: ohki <at> gssm.otsuka.tsukuba.ac.jp
Cc: 22815 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#22815: 25.0.91; emacs-module.*
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2016 20:26:07 +0200

> From: ohki <at> gssm.otsuka.tsukuba.ac.jp
> Cc: ohki <at> gssm.otsuka.tsukuba.ac.jp, 22815 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2016 19:09:57 +0900
> 
> > I was asking why couldn't the plug-in do the conversion, e.g., by
> > using libiconv?  Emacs is not the only piece of software that knows
> > how to convert from one encoding to another.
> 
>  I considered using libiconv once, but Emacs has the conversion
>  capability, so why not use it.

Because it can signal an error, if the encoding you pass is not a
valid coding-system that Emacs recognizes?
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