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display-raw-bytes-as-hex generates ambiguous output for Emacs strings

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
Cc: npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net, 27270 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Vasilij Schneidermann <v.schneidermann <at> gmail.com>, Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Subject: bug#27270: display-raw-bytes-as-hex generates ambiguous output for Emacs strings
Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2022 13:29:09 +0200

Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org> writes:

>> I propose Emacs Lisp to move into camp 3
>
> This will break every use of \x in Emacs.

As Vasilij says, it won't break much of the in-tree code (which usually
looks like "\x3c\x7e\xff\xff\xff\xff\x7e\x3c"), but nevertheless, it'll
break stuff in subtle ways, so I don't think it's an option.

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