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char-syntax differs in interpreter and bytecode

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org>
Cc: 53260 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Subject: Re: bug#53260: char-syntax differs in interpreter and bytecode
Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2022 09:36:16 +0100

Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org> writes:

> Fchar_syntax and the bytecode Bchar_syntax differ:
>
> Fchar_syntax calls SETUP_BUFFER_SYNTAX_TABLE. Bchar_syntax does not.
> Bchar_syntax converts arguments to multibyte. Fchar_syntax does not.

[...]

> And, most importantly, what would be the correct code?

Hm.  Perhaps Stefan has an opinion; added to the CCs.

> (I suppose char-syntax is rare enough that we could call Fchar_syntax
> from Bchar_syntax and thus avoid any future divergence.)

Used 172 times in-core, which isn't that rare...

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