GNU bug report logs - #48324
27.2; hexl-mode duplicates the UTF-8 BOM

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "R. Diez" <rdiezmail-emacs <at> yahoo.de>

Date: Sun, 9 May 2021 21:39:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 27.2

Fixed in version 29.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: rgm <at> gnu.org, schwab <at> linux-m68k.org, 48324 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#48324: 27.2; hexl-mode duplicates the UTF-8 BOM
Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2022 15:28:32 +0200

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

>> There's a behavioural change, though.  This: 
>> 
>> (string-limit "foóá" 6 t 'utf-16)
>> 
>> Now returns a string with a BOM, whereas previously it didn't.
>
> So you get 6 characters + the BOM?

Two characters and the BOM (i.e., six bytes).

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