GNU bug report logs - #43632
Raw bytes printed as latin-1 in echo area and *Messages*

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: tracker <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#43632: closed (Raw bytes printed as latin-1 in echo area and
 *Messages*)
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2020 05:57:02 +0000

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From: Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Raw bytes printed as latin-1 in echo area and *Messages*
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2020 14:51:22 +0200

 M-: "\377"
 => "ÿ"

in both the echo area and in *Messages*. The expected message is "\377".

The same thing happens with

 (prin1 "\377" t)

This anomaly was first observed by Lars Ingebrigtsen.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org>
Cc: 43632-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#43632: Raw bytes printed as latin-1 in echo area and
 *Messages*
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2020 08:56:23 +0300

> From: Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org>
> Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2020 21:53:01 +0200
> Cc: 43632 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> > I'd rather risk something like the below instead:
> 
> By all means -- almost as good and better then what we have today.

Thanks, installed on the master branch.  Let's see what, if anything,
this will break.

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