GNU bug report logs - #36573
26.1; bufferpos-to-filepos assumes coding-system-eol-type gives integer

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Rupert Swarbrick <rswarbrick <at> gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2019 10:56:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 26.1

Fixed in version 28.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #23 received at 36573 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 36573 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, rswarbrick <at> gmail.com
Subject: Re: bug#36573: 26.1; bufferpos-to-filepos assumes
 coding-system-eol-type gives integer
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2021 14:54:51 +0200

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

> I think, since these cases are very rare, it should be okay to assume
> the -unix EOL type when this happens, and document that if this is the
> case, the result could be an approximation even if the exact result
> was requested.

It is a rare odd corner case, but I think erroring out is a better
solution here than having to document this.  :-)  `exact' meaning
"exact" is easier conceptually.

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