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

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From: Alan Third <alan <at> idiocy.org>
To: Mattias Engdegård <mattias.engdegard <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 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 10:22:21 +0100

On Tue, Jul 18, 2023 at 10:30:38AM +0200, Mattias Engdegård wrote:
> In Emacs 29, text pasted from the clipboard on macOS will be truncated if containing NULs.
> 
> Reproduction: copy text with NUL in the middle from Emacs 28 (or any other application), and paste into Emacs 29.
> 
> This was probably caused by 7e3c2b553f, where construction of a Lisp string was changed from make_string to build_string.

LGTM

I considered this approach but wasn't aware of any situation where
make_string would be better. You've found one. :)

> Suggested patch attached. If valid, would it qualify for emacs-29?

That's up to the maintainers, but I will say that it looks safe, if
that's a concern.

-- 
Alan Third

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