GNU bug report logs - #2416
23.0.60; decode-coding-region

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: mj <mj54590 <at> gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2009 21:20:03 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 1809

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #25 received at submit <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu <at> gmail.com>
To: mj <mj54590 <at> gmail.com>, 2416 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: emacs-pretest-bug <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#2416: 23.0.60; decode-coding-region
Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 03:47:03 +0100

On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 22:13, mj <mj54590 <at> gmail.com> wrote:

> (apply 'decode-coding-region (point-min) (point-max)  'us-ascii nil)
>
> The original buffer  content would be something like this:
>
> B7040400-12
> some text here
>
> after decode-coding-region is executed, the buffer content became:
>
> ^@7040450-12
> some text here
>
> Where ^@ is actually binary code \0 (not ascii ^ and @). There is another instance
> that a string was decoded and the result is  ^@ prefixed.

Could it be related to bug#1809?

(with-temp-buffer
  (insert (make-string 20 ?.))
  (decode-coding-region 1 (point-max) 'raw-text)
  (buffer-string))

=> "^@..................."

    Juanma
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