GNU bug report logs - #5221
23.1; read_escape too greedy with "\x"

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Łukasz Stelmach <lukasz.stelmach <at> iem.pw.edu.pl>

Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:35:04 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Łukasz Stelmach <lukasz.stelmach <at> iem.pw.edu.pl>
To: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
Cc: 5221 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: bug#5221: 23.1; read_escape too greedy with "\x"
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:04:17 +0100

Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org> writes:

> Łukasz Stelmach <lukasz.stelmach <at> iem.pw.edu.pl> writes:
>
>> Emacs (read_escape() function at lread.c file) interpretinterprets
>> "\x3a480" string as "0x3a480" instead of ":" and "480" coming next.
>> Some software (most? gnupg to name one) assume these escapes represent
>> single bytes.
>
> Then they are broken.  The syntax of strings is documented in
> (elisp)String Type.

OK, good point. We need a workaround somewhere else (in GnuPG maybe?).
Please consider this bug solved/closed/non-existent.

-- 
Miłego dnia,
Łukasz Stelmach
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