GNU bug report logs - #64697
29.0.92: cannot paste NUL on macOS (regression from Emacs 28)

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Mattias Engdegård <mattias.engdegard <at> gmail.com>

Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2023 08:32:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 29.0.92

Done: Mattias Engdegård <mattias.engdegard <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Alan Third <alan <at> idiocy.org>
Cc: mattias.engdegard <at> gmail.com, 64697 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#64697: 29.0.92: cannot paste NUL on macOS (regression from Emacs 28)
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2023 14:31:37 +0300

> Cc: 64697 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2023 10:22:21 +0100
> From: Alan Third <alan <at> idiocy.org>
> 
> > This was probably caused by 7e3c2b553f, where construction of a Lisp string was changed from make_string to build_string.
> 
> I considered this approach but wasn't aware of any situation where
> make_string would be better. You've found one. :)

I would actually recommend the opposite rule of thumb: only use
build_string if you have good reasons to do so.

Basically, build_string is unreliable with anything but fixed-value
pure-ASCII strings.
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