GNU bug report logs - #33053
scm_i_mirror_backslashes assumes ASCII-compatible locale encoding

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Package: guile;

Reported by: Mark H Weaver <mhw <at> netris.org>

Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 20:47:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Done: Mark H Weaver <mhw <at> netris.org>

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From: Mark H Weaver <mhw <at> netris.org>
To: 33053 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#33053: scm_i_mirror_backslashes assumes ASCII-compatible locale encoding
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 16:45:40 -0400

The 'scm_i_mirror_backslashes' in load.c operates on C strings in the
locale encoding, and assumes that the locale encoding is ASCII
compatible.  In the Shift_JIS encoding, used in the "JP_jp.sjis" locale,
backslash '\' is mapped to a multibyte character, and the Yen sign '¥'
is represented using code 0x5C, the same code as backslash '\' in ASCII.

As a result, users of the "JP_jp.sjis" locale will have Yen signs '¥' in
their file names converted into slashes by this function.

     Mark
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