Subject: bug#43598: replace-in-string: finishing touches

From: Richard Stallman <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2020 23:41:59 -0400

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  > (string-match (string-to-multibyte "o\303\270") "o\303\270")
  > => 0

  > (equal (string-to-multibyte "o\303\270") "o\303\270")
  > => nil

It is paradoxical, but I think it is correct.
Equal compares the type of the string, not just the
characters in it.

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