GNU bug report logs - #5233
non-ascii docstrings and byte-compile-dynamic-docstrings: nil

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Michael_Heerdegen <at> web.de

Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:20:04 UTC

Severity: normal

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
To: Michael_Heerdegen <at> web.de
Cc: 5233 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#5233: non-ascii docstrings and byte-compile-dynamic-docstrings: nil
Date: Fri, 01 Jan 2010 17:04:55 -0500

> suppose you have a file consisting of the following two lines:

> ;; -*- byte-compile-dynamic-docstrings: nil -*-
> (defvar testvar nil "This docstring includes non-ascii letters like =8e4.")

> Byte compile it (e.g. from dired with B). It fails with the following
> message:

> comp-test.el:2:73:Error: Search failed: "19\\(\\.[0-9]+\\)"

> I can reproduce this also with Emacs 23.

I'm afraid I can't reproduce this with Emacs 23, using non-ASCII
characters from the HELLO file.  What is this comp-test.el file?  It's
not included in the normal Emacs distribution---is it your own file?
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